Pythagoras and the doctrine of transmigration : wandering souls /: wandering souls. (2011)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James Luchte.
• Other Names: Luchte, James
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Continuum
• Publication Date: 2011
• Copyright Date: 2011
• Extent: 1 online resource (224 pages)
• Subjects: 182/.2; Philosophy -- History & Surveys -- Ancient & Classical; Transmigration; Western philosophy: Ancient, to c 500
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781441135223; 1441135227
• Related ISBNs: 9781441131027
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.