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Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition

Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition

Paperback

Series: Clarendon Paperbacks

Philosophy

ISBN10: 0198150814
ISBN13: 9780198150817
Publisher: Clarendon Press
Published: Feb 13 1997
Pages: 432
Weight: 1.11
Height: 0.91 Width: 5.40 Depth: 8.58
Language: English
This is the first book to analyze systematically crucial aspects of ancient Greek philosophy in their original context of mystery, religion, and magic. The author brings to light recently uncovered evidence about ancient Pythagoreanism and its influence on Plato, and reconstructs the fascinating esoteric transmission of Pythagorean ideas from the Greek West down to the alchemists and magicians of Egypt, and from there into the world of Islam.

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