ENGLISH

Orpheus and the Roots of Platonism

By Algis Uzdavinys

Book information

Publisher
Matheson Trust
Year
2011
ISBN
1908092076, 9781908092076
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
7 MB (7542411 bytes)
Edition
Paperback
Pages
118\108
Time added
2019-11-22 03:26:52

Description

A book on the religious, mystic origins and substance of philosophy. This is a critical survey of ancient and modern sources and of scholarly works dealing with Orpheus and everything related to this major figure of ancient Greek myth, religion and philosophy. Here poetic madness meets religious initiation and Platonic philosophy. This book contains fascinating insights into the usually downplaid relations between Egyptian initiation, Greek mysteries and Plato's philosophy and followers, right into Hellenistic Neoplatonic and Hermetic developments.

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