Philo of Alexandria Quotes on Knowledge
Philo of Alexandria was a Hellenistic Jewish philosopher who synthesized the Hebrew scriptures with Greek philosophical thought, especially Platonism and Stoicism. This page collects quotes attributed to Philo of Alexandria on the topic of knowledge, drawn from across the philosopher's works.
Quotes
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“The mind is the eye of the soul.”
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Attributed to Philo of Alexandria:
“Learning is by nature curiosity.”
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“Are you making war upon us, because you anticipate that we will not endure such indignity, but that we will fight on behalf of our laws, and die in defence of our national customs? For you cannot possibly have been ignorant of what was likely to result from your attempt to introduce these innovations respecting our temple.”
Embassy to Gaius , Chapter 28-31, Yonge's translation. -
“Embassy to Gaius , Chapter 28-31, Yonge's translation.”
Are you making war upon us, because you anticipate that we will not endure such indignity, but that we will fight on behalf of our laws, and die in defence of our national customs? For you cannot possibly have been ignorant of what was likely to result from your attempt to introduce these innovations respecting our temple. -
“Special Laws , 1st century.”
A Judge must bear in mind that when he tries a case he is himself on trial. -
“Moses … takes one form of desire, that one whose field of activity is the belly, and admonishes and disciplines it as the first step, holding that the other forms will cease to run riot as before and will be restrained by having learnt that their senior and as it were the leader of their company is obedient to the laws of temperance.”
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