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Wisdom … never closes her school of thought but always opens her doors to those who thirst for the sweet water of discourse, and pouring on them an u… - Philo of Alexandria
" "Wisdom … never closes her school of thought but always opens her doors to those who thirst for the sweet water of discourse, and pouring on them an unstinted stream of undiluted doctrine, persuades them to be drunken with the drunkenness which is soberness itself.
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About Philo of Alexandria
Philo (20 BCE – 50 CE), known also as Philo of Alexandria and as Philo Judeaus, was a Hellenized Jewish philosopher born in Alexandria, Egypt. The few biographical details concerning him are found in his own works, especially in Legatio ad Gaium, ("embassy to Gaius") and in Flavius Josephus (Antiquities xviii.8, § 1; comp. ib. xix.5, § 1; xx.5, § 2).
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Native Name:
Φίλων τοῦ Ἀλεξανδρείας
Alternative Names:
Philo Judeaus
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Philo Alexandrinus
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Philo Judæus
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Philo
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Philo the Jew
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Philio of Alexandria
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Philio Judæus
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Philio Alexandrinus
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