7 Quotes by Philo of Alexandria

The Wise are Superb Observers of Nature and Rise Superior to the Blows of Fortune

...the test of truth is proof combined with reason.Philo of Alexandria; Book 30: The Special Laws, IV

No Assertions Can Be Made of God’s EssenceWho is capable of asserting of the Primal Cause that it is incorporeal or corporeal, or that it possesses quality or is qualityless, or, in general, who could make a firm statement concerning his essence or quality or state or movement? He alone will make dogmatic assertions regarding himself, since he alone has unerringly precise knowledge of his own nature.

The Wise are Superb Observers of Nature and Rise Superior to the Blows of Fortune.

But God, the ruler of the universe, takes his stand upon it, regulating it and directing everything in a saving manner by the helm of his wisdom, using, in truth, neither hands nor feet, nor any other part whatever such as belongs to created objects.

The intelligent man should see to it that his friends are immortal, his enemies mortal.

For as there is no advantage in trees unless they are productive of fruit, so in the same way there is no use in the study of natural philosophy unless it is likely to confer upon a man the acquisition of virtue, for that is its proper fruit.