How much did Philo of Alexandria's philosophy of the Logos influence the introduction of the gospel of John?

This philosophy could have been known to Johns intended audience and John used it as a vehicle to help describe Jesus sort of in the way Paul uses the temple of the unknown God.  It may have also added a aura of mysticism which went well with the rest of the book.  Or maybe he just thought it was cool.


Here is Philo's wiki page.  Scroll down to "Philosophy" to read about the Logos.

Philo of Alexandria's Wiki page

By the time John began writing, he was in Ephesus.  So yeah, his audience was familiar with the concept of the logos.  Though they would have leaned more toward the Heraclitian/Platonic understanding of the logos, which really wasn't all that different from Philo's.

I've been thinking about this lately.
From what I understand, John is building on Philo's ideas. He's saying that the Logos is not external to God; but is the very nature of God. Then he walks it out to connect it to the incarnation of Jesus.
It has interesting implications. So if the Logos is God's very nature, then He is driven to create, to give form, to order things logically. Everything that has a meaning is so because God wills it so. The logic and order of the universe exists so because God will not do anything outside off His nature.
IMO, this is the answer to the snarky question of, "Can God create a rock so big that He cannot lift it?" Well the problem is that it is not a logical thing to do, just like God does not make 2+2=5 because it is against His nature. Thus, "He wouldn't make the rock, because that's stupid."