Philosophumena; or, The Refutation of All Heresies, Volume I is an early Christian polemical treatise, formerly attributed to Origen and now to Hippolytus. Its first volume surveys Greek philosophers such as Thales, Pythagoras, and Plato, preparing a critique of heresies. It offers a window into early Christian encounters with pagan thought.
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Opening of the book
TRANSLATIONS OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE GŧƿŧǡĵƯ EŠƗǵLjǡǪ: W. J. SPARROW-SIMPSON, D.D., W. K. LOWTHER CLARKE, B.D. SERIES I GREEK TEXTS PHILOSOPHUMENA OR THE REFUTATION OF ALL HERESIES PHILOSOPHUMENA OR THE REFUTATION OF ALL HERESIES FORMERLY ATTRIBUTED TO ORIGEN, BUT NOW TO HIPPOLYTUS, BISHOP AND MARTYR, WHO FLOURISHED ABOUT 220 A.D.
TRANSLATED FROM THE TEXT OF CRUICE ВУ F. LEGGE, F.S.A. VOL. I. LONDON SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY 1921 PRINTED IN GREAT BRITAIN BY RICHARD CLAY & SONS, LIMITED, PARIS GARDEN, STAMFORD ST., S.E. 1, AND BUNGAY, SUffOLK.
CONTENTS PAGE INTRODUCTION 1-30 1. THE TEXT, ITS DISCOVERY, PUBLICATION AND EDITIONS 1 2. THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE WORK 5 3. THE CREDIBILITY OF HIPPOLYTUS 8 4. THE COMPOSITION OF THE WORK 11 5. THE STYLE OF THE WORK 23 6. THE VALUE OF THE WORK 28 BOOK I: THE PHILOSOPHERS 31-64 PROÆMIUM 32 THALES 35 PYTHAGORAS 36 EMPEDOCLES 40 HERACLITUS 41 ANAXIMANDER 42 ANAXIMENES 43 ANAXAGORAS 44 ARCHELAUS 46 PARMENIDES 47 LEUCIPPUS 48 DEMOCRITUS 48 XENOPHANES 49 ECPHANTUS 50 HIPPO 50 SOCRATES 51 PLATO 51
ARISTOTLE 55 THE STOICS 57 EPICURUS 58 THE ACADEMICS 59 THE BRACHMANS AMONG THE INDIANS 60 THE DRUIDS AMONG THE CELTS 61 HESIOD 62 BOOK II ? 65 BOOK III ? 65 BOOK IV: THE DIVINERS AND MAGICIANS 67-117 1. OF ASTROLOGERS 67 2. OF MATHEMATICIANS 83 3. OF DIVINATION BY METOPOSCOPY 87 4. THE MAGICIANS 92 5. RECAPITULATION 103 6. OF DIVINATION BY ASTRONOMY 107 7. OF THE ARITHMETICAL ART 114 BOOK V: THE OPHITE HERESIES 118-180 1. NAASSENES 118 2. PERATÆ 146 3. THE SETHIANI 160 4. JUSTINUS 169
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