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God's acting, man's acting : tradition and philosophy in Philo of Alexandria /
The topic tackled in this book is Philo's account of the complex, double-sided nature of God's acting - the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating - and also the two sides of acting in humans - who, in an attempt to imitate God, b...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2008.
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| Colección: | Studies in Philo of Alexandria ;
v. 4. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | The topic tackled in this book is Philo's account of the complex, double-sided nature of God's acting - the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating - and also the two sides of acting in humans - who, in an attempt to imitate God, both contemplate and produce. In both contexts, divine and human, Philo considers that it would not be proper to give precedence to either side - the result would be barren. God's acting and man's acting are at the same time both speculative and practical, and it is precisely out of this co-presence that the o. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xiv, 265 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-246) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789047431602 904743160X 1281939889 9781281939883 9786611939885 6611939881 |