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The topic tackled in this book is Philoâ€™s account of the complex, double-sided nature of Godâ€™s acting â€“ the two-sided coin of God as transcendent yet immanent, unknowable yet revealed, immobile yet creating â€“ and also the two sides of acting in humans â€“ who, in an attempt to imitate God, both contemplate and produce.In both contexts, divine and human, Philo considers that it would not be proper to give precedence to either side â€“ the result would be barren. Godâ€™s acting and manâ€™s acting are at the same time both speculative and practical, and it is precisely out of this co-presence that the order of the world unfolds. Philo considers this two-sided condition as a source of complexity and fertility. Francesca Calabi argues that, far from being an irresolvable contradiction, Philoâ€™s two-fold vision is the key to understanding his works. It constitutes a richness that rejects reduction to apparently incompatible forms and aspects.