Philo of Alexandria and The "Timaeus" of Plato |
Contents
Aim and structure of the study | 3 |
The historical and cultural setting | 32 |
The Timaeus from Plato to the age of Philo | 38 |
Method | 58 |
the dialogues introduction | 71 |
the proæmium | 91 |
the act of creation | 131 |
the body of the cosmos | 177 |
the physiology and psychology of man | 297 |
final remarks on man and the lower | 323 |
Pentateuchal texts given exegesis with | 353 |
The manner of Philos use of the Timaeus | 365 |
The influence of the Timaeus on Philos thought | 412 |
Philo and the interpretative tradition of the Timaeus | 476 |
Philo and Platos Timaeus | 523 |
Comments on an important article | 553 |
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