Pythagoras and the doctrine of transmigration : wandering souls

Pythagoras and the doctrine of transmigration : wandering souls / James Luchte.

The mythical narrative of transmigration tells the story of myriad wandering souls, each migrating from body to body along a path of recurrence amid the becoming of the All. In this highly original study, James Luchte explores the ways in which the concept of transmigration is a central motif in Pyt...

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Main Author: Luchte, James
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009.
Series:Continuum studies in ancient philosophy.
Subjects:
Pythagoras.
Pythagoras
Pythagoras > ca. 6./5. Jh. v. Chr.
Transmigration.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Ancient & Classical.
Transmigration
Seelenwanderung
Zielsverhuizing.
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Table of 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.

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