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Basic elements of Xxxxx’x thought. Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx (1876–1952), one of the pioneers of modern Philonic studies, explained his view on Xxxxx’x thought in Les idées philosophiques et religieuses de Philon d’Alexandrie (first published in 1908). I will limit the evaluation of Xxxxxxx’x thorough and comprehensive analysis to subjects related to divine forgiveness – that is, his presentation of Xxxxx’x view on the relationship between God, creation and humans; and of Xxxxx’x ethical outlooks. Central to Xxxxx’x theology, according to Xxxxxxx, is the view that humans can only know that God exists. Knowledge of God’s essence, of who or what he is, is beyond the grasp of human understanding.44 The only knowledge humans can have regarding God’s characteristics is what God reveals to them. God reveals some aspects of himself to human beings through his interaction with creation. God interacts with creation through his powers (δυνάμεις).45 By means of these powers God provides for the world he has created. For, since God is good, he necessarily cares for what he has made.46 These powers are all contained within the logos – that is: God’s mind or divine reason.47 The reason for Xxxxx to introduce the powers as the medium through which God and the world are connected was to avoid pantheism.48 Did Philo see God and his powers as separate entities? Xxxxx introduced a subtle shift in perspectives to avoid this conclusion. From the human perspective, divine reason and the powers appear as separate manifestations of God. From God’s perspective, however, they are undivided and one. Xxxxx emphasised that in reality God is one, and that the highest form of worship of God is to understand that this is so.49 The transcendent God and material humans are connected to each other through conscience. According to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx saw conscience as a gift from God to humans, bridging the gap between God and humans.50 Conscience provides someone with the knowledge of what is right and what is wrong.51 The ideal for human beings is to listen to the wisdom of their conscience. 44 Xxxxxxx, Les idées, pp. 70, 203. 45 Ibid., pp. 75–76. According to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx was inspired by the Stoic view that the powers manifest themselves as the natural order or natural law that humans can discern in the world. Xxxxx claims that this natural law is none other than the law that Xxxxx wrote down in the Bible (ibid., pp. 80, 95, 147–149, 170–175). 46 Xxxxxxx considered Xxxxxxx-Xxxxxx as Xxxxx’x source for the view that God, because of his goodness, takes providential care of the world (ibid., p. 77). 47 Ibid., p. 141 48 Ibid., p. 136. 49 Ibid., p. 137. 50 Ibid., p. 302. According to Xxxxxxx, the spirit of man (πνεῦμα) functions as a bridge between God and man, and the spirit can be identified with conscience, ibid.pp. 134 note 7, 135. Also, according to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx was the first to introduce the concept of conscience into the intellectual discourse (ibid., pp. 31–32, 296, 301, 310). In contrast to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx identified antecedents for the concept of conscience in Stoic literature (as well as in the Septuagint) (Völker, Fortschritt, pp. 101–105). Xxxxxxx did not claim that the concept of conscience is Xxxxx’x invention. Xxxxxxx referred to Greek tragedies as an inspiration for Xxxxx regarding the role of conscience in ethics (Xxxxxxx, Xxx xxxxx, xx. 000–000). 00 Xxxxxxx, Les idées, p. 296. It is essential that humans acknowledge God as the source of true wisdom, in order to be completely guided by right reason on the road to moral perfection.52 Humans are able to be and do good when they acknowledge God as the source of perfect knowledge. Doing wrong and becoming evil is caused by the reverse, namely the denial of God as the source of true wisdom. People who turn away from God will end up in confusion.53 People who do not orient themselves towards God are more susceptible to the influences of the human body, most particularly to ‘desire’ (ἐπιθυμία).54 The human body is a cause of evil, since it is made from imperfect matter.55 Either turning towards God, in order to become good, or moving away from God and becoming evil, involves a conscious decision. For Xxxxx, the conscious decision to do evil was what makes something truly sinful. According to Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx’x connection of sin to the will was a novelty in the Hellenistic context.56 Xxxxxxx mentions divine forgiveness as the final step of what Xxxxx saw as the road towards reaching moral perfection.57 Xxxxxxx explained that for Xxxxx