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"Households, cities, countries, and nations have enjoyed great happiness when a single individual has taken heed of the Good and Beautiful. Such people not only liberate themselves; they fill those they meet with a free mind." -- Philo
Philo (20 BC — 50 AD), known also as Philo of Alexandria (gr. ????? ? ???????????), Philo Judaeus, Philo Judaeus of Alexandria, Yedidia and Philo the Jew, was a Hellenistic Jewish Biblical philosopher born in Alexandria.

Philo used allegory to fuse and harmonize Greek philosophy and Judaism. His method followed the practices of both Jewish exegesis and Stoic philosophy. His work was not widely accepted. "The sophists of literalness," as he calls them, "opened their eyes superciliously" when he explained to them the marvels of his exegesis. Philo's works were enthusiastically received by the Early Christians, some of whom saw in him a cryptic Christian.His concept of the Logos as God's creative principle apparently influenced early Christology. To him Logos was God's "blueprint for the world", a governing plan.

The few biographical details concerning Philo are found in his own works, especially in Legatio ad Gaium ("embassy to Gaius"), and in Josephus.The only event in his life that can be determined chronologically is his participation in the embassy which the Alexandrian Jews sent to the emperor Caligula at Rome as the result of civil strife between the Alexandrian Jewish and Hellenized communities. This occurred in the year 40 AD.

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Total Books: 59
About Contemplative Life [Greek & Roman philosophy] (Hardcover)
Aeliani De Natura Animalium Varia Historia Epistolae Et Fragmenta Porphyrii Philosophi De Abstinenta Et De Antro Nympharum Philonis Byzantii De Septem Orbis Spectaculis
The Biblical Antiquities of Philo
Buch Von Der Weltschpfung
Buch Von Der Weltschpfung [German Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142436957
ISBN-10: 1142436950
Genre: Nonfiction
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Chrestomathia Philoniana Sive Loci Illustres Ex Philone Alexandrino Decerpti Et Cum Animadversionibus Editi
Contemplative Life
Contemplative Life [The Classics of Western spirituality] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9780281038060
ISBN-10: 0281038066
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De Aeternitate Mundi
De Aeternitate Mundi [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141744039
ISBN-10: 1141744031
Genre: Nonfiction
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Fragments Of Philo Judaeus
Fragments of Philo Judaeus [1886] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781104128838
ISBN-10: 1104128837
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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Mundus Chronographicus
Mundus Chronographicus [1690 - German Edition] (Paperback)Hardcover
ISBN-13: 9781104884505
ISBN-10: 110488450X
Genre: Literature & Fiction
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On The Creation Of The Cosmos According To Moses
On the Creation of the Cosmos According to Moses [Philo of Alexandria Commentary Series, V. 1] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781589831605
ISBN-10: 1589831608
Genres: Religion & Spirituality, Christian Books & Bibles
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Opera Omnia Ad Librorum Optimorum Fidem Edita
Opera Omnia Ad Librorum Optimorum Fidem Edita [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781142681616
ISBN-10: 1142681610
Genre: Nonfiction
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Opera Omnia Ad Librorum Optimorum Fidem Edita Volumes 56
Opera Omnia Ad Librorum Optimorum Fidem Edita Volumes 56 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143422386
ISBN-10: 1143422384
Genre: Nonfiction
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Opera Omnia Ad Librorum Optimorum Fidem Edita Volumes 78
Opera Omnia Ad Librorum Optimorum Fidem Edita Volumes 78 [Latin Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781143246364
ISBN-10: 1143246365
Genre: Nonfiction
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Opera Omnia Volume 6
Opera Omnia Volume 6 [Greek Edition] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781141989881
ISBN-10: 1141989883
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Philo About The Contemplative Life Or The Fourth Book Of The Treatise Concerning Virtues
Philo Judaeus Om Essaeerne Therapeuterne Och Therapeutriderna Judarnas Forfoljelse Under Flaccus Och Legationen Til Cajus Caligula
Philo  On Abraham On Joseph On Moses
Philo on Abraham on Joseph on Moses [Loeb Classical Library No. 289] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674993198
ISBN-10: 0674993195
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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Philo On Flight and Finding On the Change of Names On Dreams
Philo on Flight and Finding on the Change of Names on Dreams [Loeb Classical Library No. 275] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674993037
ISBN-10: 0674993039
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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Philo On the Decalogue On the Special Laws Books 13
Philo on the Decalogue on the Special Laws Books 13 [Loeb Classical Library No. 320] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674993532
ISBN-10: 0674993535
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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Philo On the Special Laws  On the Virtues On Rewards and Punishments
Philo on the Special Laws on the VIrtues on Rewards and Punishments [Loeb Classical Library No. 341] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780674993761
ISBN-10: 0674993764
Genres: Literature & Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Nonfiction
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Philo On the Unchangeableness of God on Husbandry Concerning Noah's Work As a Planter on Drunkenness on Sobriety
Philo Questions and Answers on Exodus [Loeb Classical Library No. 401] (Hardcover)
Philo Questions and Answers on Genesis [Loeb Classical Library No. 380] (Hardcover)
Philonis Alexandrini De Animalibus [Studies in Hellenistic Judaism] (Paperback)
Philonis Alexandrini in Flaccum [Greek texts and commentaries] (Other)
Philosophical Writings [Philosophia Judaica S] (Hardcover)
Predications Synagogales [Sources chretiennes - French Edition] (Paperback)
Quaestiones Et Solutiones in Genesim E Versione Armeniaca [Les Euvres de Philon d'Alexandrie - French Edition] (Paperback)
Quaestiones in Genesim Et in Exodum Fragmenta Graeca [Les Euvres de Philon d'Alexandrie - French Edition] (Paperback)
Selected Writings [Dover Books on Western Philosophy] (Paperback)
Swords Sex Sorcery [Tales of Shaundra] (Paperback)
Tutti I Trattati Del Commentario Allegorico Alla Bibbia [Collana I classici del pensiero. Sezione I. Filosofia classica e tardo-antica] (Paperback)
Works Suppt 1 [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)
Works Suppt 2 [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)
Works V 6 [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)
Works V 7 [Loeb Classical Library] (Paperback)
Works V 8 [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)
Works V 9 [Loeb Classical Library] (Hardcover)