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It would be a sign of great simplicity to think that the world was created in six days, or indeed at all in time; [...] Time is a thing posterior to … - Philo of Alexandria
" "It would be a sign of great simplicity to think that the world was created in six days, or indeed at all in time; [...] Time is a thing posterior to the world. Therefore it would be correctly said that the world was not created in time, but that time had its existence in consequence of the world. For it is the motion of the heaven that has displayed the nature of time.
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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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