Philo of Alexandria: "Mosaist", Socratic, Middle-Platonist, Stoic, Pythagorean, Pyrrhonian Sceptic? These are some of the options considered in the essays who examine Philo's participation in the philosophical debate of his time and his fashioning of a new, Jewish discourse.
Philo of Alexandria fashioned a new Jewish discourse from the writings of Moses and the best of Greek philosophy
<i>The Book-Lovers' Retreat</i>, set in the Lake District, tells the story of three friends who spend the whole summer in a hideaway cottage, the real-life setting of their favourite book. As the summer develops, so will their friendship, they will find love in all its forms and, as a result, their lives will change course forever...<br>