Early Christian heresiography
Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I
Volume 1 contains Books 1–4 of Hippolytus' monumental work. Book 1 examines Greek philosophical schools (Thales, Pythagoras, Plato, etc.), which Hippolytus identifies as the root of later Christian heresies. Book 4 attacks 'Chaldaean' astrologers, arithmeticians, and diviners, linking their mystical systems to the emergence of Gnostic doctrine.
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Contents228 chapters
- 01PHILOSOPHUMENA
- 02INTRODUCTION
- 031. The Text, its Discovery, Publication and Editions
- 042. The Authorship of the Work
- 053. The Credibility of Hippolytus
- 064. The Composition of the Work
- 075. The Style of the Work
- 086. The Value of the Work
- 09FOOTNOTES
- 10BOOK I THE PHILOSOPHERS
- 11(PROÆMIUM)
- 121. Thales.
- 132. Pythagoras.
- 143. About Empedocles.
- 154. About Heraclitus.
- 165. About Anaximander.
- 176. About Anaximenes.
- 187. About Anaxagoras.
- 198. About Archelaus.
- 209. About Parmenides.
- 2110. About Leucippus.
- 2211. About Democritus.
- 2312. About Xenophanes.
- 2413. About Ecphantus.
- 2514. About Hippo.
- 2615. About Socrates.
- 2716. About Plato.
- 2817. About Aristotle.
- 2918. About the Stoics.
- 3019. About Epicurus.
- 3120. About (the) Academics.
- 3221. About (the) Brachmans among the Indians.
- 3322. About the Druids among the Celts.
- 3423. About Hesiod.
- 35FOOTNOTES
- 36BOOKS II AND III
- 37FOOTNOTES
- 38BOOK IV DIVINERS AND MAGICIANS
- 39[1. About Astrologers.]
- 402. Of Mathematicians.
- 413. Of Divination by Metoposcopy.
- 424. The Magicians.
- 435. Recapitulation.
- 446. Of the Divination by Astronomy.
- 457. Of the Arithmetical Art.
- 46FOOTNOTES
- 47BOOK V THE OPHITE HERESIES
- 481. Naassenes.
- 492. Peratæ.
- 503. The Sethiani.
- 514. Justinus.
- 52FOOTNOTES
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- 227The Project Gutenberg eBook of Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I
- 228CONTENTS
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