Buch, Deutsch, 89 Seiten, kartoniert, Format (B × H): 123 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 121 g
Buch, Deutsch, 89 Seiten, kartoniert, Format (B × H): 123 mm x 205 mm, Gewicht: 121 g
ISBN: 978-3-525-53465-6
Verlag: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
Philo lived and wrote as a Jew in the centre of Hellenistic culture of his time, namely in Alexandria. His works give extensive insights into the synthesis of Hellenistic and Jewish thoughts in the 1st century.The treatise entitled “Every good man is free” deals with the old philosophical question, how true freedom can be achieved and what it means to be free. According to the Stoic opinion only the “wise” man is free. Philo’s treatise is not only of historical interest, but may give impulses to modern readers engaged in religious and philosophical questions.Reinhard von Bendemann provides an introduction and a new translation.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien Jüdische Studien: Philosophie, Aufklärung, Wissenschaften
- Geisteswissenschaften Jüdische Studien Geschichte des Judentums Geschichte des Judentums: Biblische & Klassische Periode
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Geschichte der Westlichen Philosophie Antike Philosophie
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Philo lived and wrote as a Jew in the centre of Hellenistic culture of his time, namely in Alexandria. His works give extensive insights into the synthesis of Hellenistic and Jewish thoughts in the 1st century. Most of the works written by Philo are exegetical commentaries. Philo uses the method of allegory in order to discover a deeper sense in the biblical texts. This methods allows him, to combine biblical resp. Jewish thinking with the main directions of philosophy of his time. The treatise entitled “Every good man is free” is probably one of Philo’s early writings. It deals with the old philosophical question, how true freedom can be achieved and what it means to be free. According to the Stoic opinion only the “wise” man is free. Different kinds of arguments, examples and ways are discussed, how freedom and sovereignty can be gained by the individual. Philo adopts not only ancient philosophical positions, but argues also from the writings of the “wise man Moses”; “wise” people are to be found not only in the Greco-Roman world, but also among the Jewish people, for example in the community of the Essenes. Philo’s treatise is not only of historical interest, but may give impulses to modern readers engaged in religious and philosophical questions.
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