Description: Further DetailsTitle: Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and MagicCondition: NewSubtitle: Empedocles and Pythagorean TraditionISBN-10: 0198150814EAN: 9780198150817ISBN: 9780198150817Publisher: Oxford University PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/05/1996Description: Empedocles played a crucial role in the development of western culture; yet little is known or understood about this man, who lived in Sicily in the fifth-century BC. This is mainly becuase his teaching has been reconstructed by modern shcolars first and formost on the basis of Aristotle's hostile reports - producing a picture which is disconnected and lacking in depth. Using material never exploited before, Peter Kingsley presents the first full-scale study of Empedocles to situate his fragmentary writings in their original context of philosophy as a way of life, mystery religion and magic, and of the struggle to realize one's own divinity. This study also explores fresh evidence which proves Empedocles was not an isolated figure and reveals new links between his work and ancient Pythagoreanism. The process of establishing these links now makes it possible to demonstrate, in detail, the Pythagorean origin of Plato's myths. Kingsley re-examines problems regarding the connections between ancient magic, science, and religion. More specifically, he traces for the first time a line of transmission from Empedocles and the early Pythagoreans down to southern Egypt, and from there into the world of Islam. `highly polemical new book... The thesis is argued with immense learning.' Times Higher Education SupplementLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 217mmItem Length: 139mmItem Width: 25mmItem Weight: 523gAuthor: Peter KingsleyGenre: Philosophy & SpiritualityTopic: History, Ancient HistoryRelease Year: 1996 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
Title: Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic
Subtitle: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition
ISBN-10: 0198150814
EAN: 9780198150817
ISBN: 9780198150817
Release Date: 12/05/1996
Release Year: 1996
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: Philosophy & Spirituality
Topic: Ancient History
Number of Pages: 432 Pages
Language: English
Publication Name: Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic : Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Item Height: 1 in
Publication Year: 1997
Subject: History & Surveys / Ancient & Classical
Features: Reprint
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 20.8 Oz
Subject Area: Philosophy
Item Length: 8.5 in
Author: Peter Kingsley
Item Width: 5.4 in
Format: Uk-Trade Paper
