The golden chain : an anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy

Author(s)

    • Uždavinys, Algis

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The golden chain : an anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy

selected and edited by Algis Uždavinys ; foreword by John F. Finamore

(Treasures of the world's religions)

World Wisdom, c2004

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 315-317) and index

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Description

This anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic philosophy promotes a new and fresh view of what Hellenic philosophy is and what kind of wisdom it offers us. The book demonstrates through excerpts from the great Pythagorean and Platonic writers that to these thinkers philosophy is a way of life and a means of spiritual realisation-not the dry rationalistic mental exercise philosophy has become in the modern world. The Golden Chain of the title refers to the ancient belief that such philosophy transmits a heritage of unitive knowledge through a succession of enlightened teachers and students. The editor Algis Uzdavinys is an author translator and scholar of remarkable scope who uses his scholarship and his own deep knowledge of the philosophia perennis to illustrate for us the timeless wisdom of these writings. The foreword is by John Finamore.

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Details

  • NCID
    BA88154104
  • ISBN
    • 0941532615
  • LCCN
    2004018009
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    Bloomington, Ind.
  • Pages/Volumes
    xxviii, 327 p.
  • Size
    23 cm
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