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Pythagoras and the doctrine of transmigration : wandering souls / James Luchte.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Luchte, James.
- Series:
- Continuum studies in ancient philosophy
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Pythagoras.
- Transmigration.
- Physical Description:
- 206 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Continuum, [2009]
- 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780826464361
- 082646436X
- OCLC:
- 277204022
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