Review of Philo of Alexandria and philosophical discourse

BRYN MAYR CLASSICAL REVIEW: Philo of Alexandria and philosophical discourse.

Michael Cover, Lutz Doering, Philo of Alexandria and philosophical discourse. Ioudaioi, 14. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 2024. Pp. 397. ISBN 9783525500972.

Review by
Sean A. Adams, University of Glasgow. Sean.Adams@glasgow.ac.uk

The individual chapters in this volume do not really engage with each other. However, the composite whole provides an interesting and needed consideration of Philo’s pluriform engagement with different philosophical schools. The primary thesis developed in the volume is that Philo engaged widely with contemporary philosophical schools, and each study reinforces Philo’s creative and complex participation in intellectual debate and the development of ideas. ...

The book is open-access. I noted it publication here. And the workshop that led to it here.

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