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Author Luchte, James.

Title Pythagoras and the doctrine of transmigration [electronic resource] : wandering souls / James Luchte.

Imprint London ; New York : Continuum, c2009.

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Description 206 p.
Series Continuum studies in ancient philosophy
Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Introduction : the poetic topos of the doctrine of transmigration -- Genealogy of the doctrine of transmigration -- Beyond mysticism and science : symbolism and philosophical magic -- The emergence of mystic cults and the immortal soul -- Philolaus and the question of pythagorean harmony -- The alleged critique of Pythagoras by Parmenides -- Between the earth and the sky : on the pythagorean divine -- The pythagorean bios and the doctrine of transmigration -- The path of the event -- The path of remembrance or return -- The platonic rupture : writing and difference -- Plotinus : the ascent of the soul toward the one -- Plotinus as neoplatonic mystic : letter to Flaccus -- Epilogue : the fate of the doctrine of transmigration.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Pythagoras.
Transmigration.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 9780826464361 (HB )
082646436X (HB)

 
    
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