The Golden Chain
Subtitle: An Anthology of Pythagorean and Platonic Philosophy (Treasures of the World's Religions)
Publisher: World Wisdom
Published: November 25, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780941532617
Subjects: Ancient Greek & Roman philosophy; Nonfiction; Philosophy; History & Surveys - Ancient & Classical; Philosophy / Eastern; Religion / General; Non-Classifiable; Eastern; Philosophy, Ancient; Eastern - General
First sentence: Though Pythagoras (born c.570 B.C.E.) did not invent philosophy as such, his role as a spiritual guide who reinterpreted and synthesized all available religious and philosophic knowledge (including the mysteries of Egypt and the science of Babylonia, inherited from Sumer) was crucial to the rise of the Hellenic intellectual tradition and the establishment of the so-called esoteric "house of mysteries."