Early Christian heresiography

Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I

Name: Philosophumena; or, The refutation of all heresies, Volume I
Author: Hippolytus of Rome

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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.

Also known asThe Refutation of All Heresies

This edition1921

EditionS.P.C.K., London

astrologyGnosticismEarly ChristianityOphite HeresiesComparative study of religious phenomenadivination methodsRefutation of HeresiesGnostic philosophyPagan Philosophy & ChristianityAncient Magicesoteric symbolismEarly Christian Gnosticism

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