Philo: Foundations of Religious Philosophy in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, Volume 1, Structure and Growth of Philosophical Systems from Plato to Spinoza

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Harry Austryn Wolfson

    VOLUME I

    CHAPTER I: HELLENISTIC JUDAISM AND PHILO

    Hellenistic Jewish Attitude toward Greek Religion and Philosophy

    Phio on Polytheism, Mythology, and Mysteries

    Discordance, Conformity, Apostasy

    CHAPTER II: HANDMAID OF SCRIPTURE

    Behind the Allegorical Method

    The Allegorical Method

    Origin of Scripture and Origin of Philosophy

    Faith and Reason

    Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

    CHAPTER III: SCRIPTURAL PRESUPPOSITIONS

    CHAPTER IV: GOD, THE WORLD OF IDEAS, AND THE LOGOS

    God and the Ideas

    Ideas

    Powers

    The Intelligible World and the Logos

    Relations between God, the Logos, and the Ideas

    Logos and Wisdom

    The Instrumentality of the Logos, Powers, and Wisdom

    The Fiction of Intermediaries

    Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

    CHAPTER V: CREATION AND STRUCTURE OF THE WORLD

    Criticism of Aristotle and the Stoics
    Plato's Timaeus and the Book of Genesis
    Place, Time, Eternity
    Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

    CHAPTER VI: THE IMMANENT Locos, LAWS OF NATURE, MIRACLES

    Immanent Logos

    Laws of Nature

    Miracles

    Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

    CHAPTER VII: SOULS, ANGELS, IMMORTALITY

    Living Beings

    Unbodied Souls or Angels

    Animals and the Irrational Soul of Man

    The Rational Soul of Man

    Immortality of the Soul

    Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

    CHAPTER VIII: FREE WILL

    Miracles and Freedom

    The Choice of Good and Evil

    Conclusion, Influence, Anticipation

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Harry Austryn Wolfson was Nathan Littauer Professor of Hebrew Literature and Philosophy, Emeritus, Harvard University.