Philo of Alexandria employed this term in his effort to synthesize Jewish tradition and Platonism, while Christ is identified with this term incarnate in the Gospel of John, being translated as "word" in the English Bible.
Heraclitus was the first to use this term in a metaphysical sense, asserting that this governs the world in a firelike form. The Stoics conceived of it as a rational divine power that orders and directs the universe, and identified it with God, nature, and fate. Philo of Alexandria employed this term in his effort to synthesize Jewish tradition and Platonism, while Christ is identified with this term incarnate in the Gospel of John, being translated as "word" in the English Bible. FTP, identify this Greek word that actually translates as "thought" or "reason."
Heraclitus was the first to use this term in a metaphysical sense, asserting that this governs the world in a firelike form.
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