For the thing which I greatly feared is come upon me, and that which I was afraid of is come unto me. Job III:25
PHILO, THE JEW OF ANCIENT ALEXANDRIA, WAS PRODUCT and part of two worlds, Jewish and Greek. Much of his life and thought was devoted to sorting out the contradictions inherent in that situation and the personal dilemmas with which it burdened him. One answer he attempted was to seek tranquillity and quiet above the storm through a life devoted to the joys of ...