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Asclepius : the perfect discourse of Hermes Trismegistus / edited and translated by Clement Salaman.
- Format:
- Book
- Standardized Title:
- Asclepius. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Asklepios--(Greek deity).
- Hermetism.
- Occultism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (105 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- London : Bloomsbury, 2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The Asclepius is one of two philosophical books ascribed to the legendary sage of Ancient Egypt, Hermes Trismegistus, who was believed in classical and renaissance times to have lived shortly after Moses. The Greek original, lost since classical times, is thought to date from the 2nd or 3rd century AD. However, a Latin version survived, of which this volume is a translation. Like its companion, the Corpus Hermeticum (or The Way of Hermes), the Asclepius describes the most profound philosophical questions in the form of a conversation about secrets: the nature of the One, the role of the gods,
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; List of Illustrations; Introduction; Notes to the Introduction; Translator's Note; TRANSLATION of the ASCLEPIUS; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; K; L; M; N; O; P; R; S; T; U; W
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (page 99-100) and index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 11, 2013).
- ISBN:
- 9781472537713
- 1472537718
- 9781472537720
- 1472537726
- OCLC:
- 861538605
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