Philo of Alexandria and Post-Aristotelian Philosophy (Studies in Philo of Alexandria, 5)

The essays collected in this volume focus on the role played by the philosophy of the Hellenistic, or post-Aristotelian age (from the school of the successors of Aristotle, Theophrastus and other Peripatetics, Epicurus, Sceptical Academy and Stoicism, to neo-Pythagorenism and the schools of Antiochus and Eudorus) in Philo of Alexandrias works. Despite many authoritative studies on Philo's vision of Greek philosophy as an exegetical tool in allegorizing the Scripture, there is not such a comprehensive overview in Philos treatises that takes in account both the progress achieved in the recent interpretation of Hellenistic philosophy and analysis of ancient doxographical literature. Francesca Alesse is Researcher at the Istituto per il Lessico Intellettuale Europeo, of the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Italy. She has published on Stoicism and its relation to the Socratic schools ( La Stoa e la tradizione socratica , Naples 2000). Contents......Page 6 Acknowledgments......Page 8 Introduction (Francesca Alesse)......Page 10 Philo and Hellenistic Doxography (David T. Runia)......Page 22 Philo and post-Aristotelian Peripatetics (Robert W. Sharples)......Page 64 Moses Against the Egyptian: the anti-Epicurean Polemic in Philo (Graziano Ranocchia)......Page 84 La conversion du scepticisme chez Philon d'Alexandrie (Carlos Lévy)......Page 112 Philo on Stoic Physics (Anthony A. Long)......Page 130 Philo and Stoic Ethics. Reflections on the Idea of Freedom (Roberto Radice)......Page 150 Philo of Alexandria on Stoic and Platonist Psycho-Physiology: The Socratic Higher Ground (Gretchen Reydams-Schils)......Page 178 Philo of Alexandria and the Origins of the Stoic ... (Margaret Graver)......Page 206 Philo and Hellenistic Platonism (John Dillon)......Page 232 Towards Transcendence: Philo and the Renewal of Platonism in the Early Imperial Age (Mauro Bonazzi)......Page 242 Bibliography......Page 262 Index Locorum......Page 274 Index of Ancient Names......Page 296 Index of Modern Names......Page 298 Focuses on the role played by the philosophy of the Hellenistic, or post-Aristotelian age in Philo of Alexandria's works. This inquiry draws on the presence of Hellenistic philosophy in Philo and provides a better knowledge of the diffusion of Hellenistic philosophy since the late Republican age