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Divine possession (n.) meant, for Philo, the mind's eviction: when God's light rises the human light sets, and reason comes home only when the spirit leaves.
Inspiration (n.) came to Philo as emptiness and then a sudden shower of ideas, leaving him unaware of place, people, even himself.
Man (n.) is a miniature heaven: God made heaven the beginning of creation and man its end, so that man bears within him, like holy images, endowments that correspond to the constellations.
The Prophet (n.) was, for Philo, a passive instrument played by God, knowing nothing while the words passed through him.
Time (n.) is worshipped as a god by wicked men who want to hide the true Being; the vicious think time made the world, the wise and good say God did.
Wrath of god (n.) was, to Philo, only a teacher's device, a crutch for weak minds, since God could feel no passion.