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      Qué significa la divina providencia en la teología de Filón de Alejandría Translated title: What divine providence means in the theology of Philo of Alexandria

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          La providencia divina (πρόνοια τοῦ θεοῦ) en los textos de Filón de Alejandría es un concepto filosófico o religioso que señala el cuidado de Dios por sus criaturas. Como fuente primera debemos acudir al Timeo para encontrar la idea platónica de la providencia sostenida por el axioma de que Dios no es la causa del mal, un principio que Filón sigue en su teodicea. Los filósofos estoicos tomaron de Platón la idea de la providencia divina y la adaptaron a su propia filosofía materialista. Conjugando elementos platónicos y estoicos Filón expresa en varios lugares su idea sobre la providencia de Dios. Escribió dos tratados titulados Sobre la Providencia -probablemente en la última etapa de su vida-, que aquí comentaremos someramente. En La creación del mundo según Moisés 171-172, Filón ofrece un compendio de su teología donde aparece su idea de Dios, y por tanto su teoría de la creación y el concepto de providencia. El análisis se concentrará en la explicación de la providencia en los tratados históricos y en la particular construcción del concepto en la sociedad patriarcal judeohelenística.

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          Divine providence (πρόνοια τοῦ θεοῦ) in the texts of Philo of Alexandria is a philosophical or religious concept that points at the care of God for his creatures. As a first source we must consult the Timaeus to find the Platonic idea of providence sustained by the axiom that God is not the cause of evil, a principle that Philo follows in his theodicy. The Stoic philosophers took from Plato the idea of divine providence and adapted it to their own materialistic philosophy. Combining Platonic and Stoic elements Philo expresses in various places his idea of God’s providence. Philo wrote two treatises with the title On providence -probably at the end of his life-, which we will briefly discuss here. In On the Creation of the World according to Moses 171-172, Philo offers a compendium of his theology where his idea of God appears, and therefore his theory of the creation and the concept of providence. The analysis will focus on the explanation of providence in historical treatises and on the particular construction of the concept in the Hellenistic Jewish patriarchal society.

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                circe
                Circe de clásicos y modernos
                Circe clás. mod.
                Instituto de Estudios Clásicos. Facultad de Ciencias Humanas. Universidad Nacional de La Pampa (Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina )
                1851-1724
                July 2016
                : 20
                : 2
                : 113-129
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                [01] orgnameUniversidad Nacional de La Pampa
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                S1851-17242016000200002
                10.19137/circe-2016-200207
                e43a0cae-3d16-4a43-9b78-feb27686a373

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                : 20 December 2016
                : 26 December 2016
                : 13 December 2016
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                Providencia divina,Filón de Alejandría,Platonismo,Estoicismo,Divine Providence,Philo of Alexandria,Platonism,Stoicism

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