... history of philosophy speaks of pre- and post-Socratic thinkers. Illustrating Socrates ' impact on the course of Western philosophy and science prior to Socrates, the intuitive visions of the Orphic mysteries, 2 had a decisive influence on Greek thought. Socrates and his followers, Plato and Aristotle, established a rational and intellectual approach towards life, an approach which extensively influenced... offered training and instruction in return for fees. Through training in the art of speaking and arguing they prepared ambitious young noblemen for a successful political career. 2. Orphic Mysteries: secret rites which sprang up round the mystical figure of Orpheus, exalting the life of the next world. 3. Plato, "The Apology of Socrates", The Last Days of Socrates (Baltimore: Penguin ...
... hypothesis I propose is that the Rig Veda is itself the one considerable document that remains to us from the early period of human Page 7 thought of which the historic Eleusinian and Orphic mysteries were the failing remnants, when the spiritual and psychological knowledge of the race was concealed, for reasons now difficult to determine, in a veil of concrete and material figures and symbols ...
... speaks of pre- and post-Socratic thinkers, illustrating Socratesʼ impact on the course of Western Page 23 philosophy and science. Prior to Socrates, the intuitive visions of the Orphic mysteries had a decisive influence on Greek thought. Socrates and his followers, Plato and Aristotle, established a rational and intellectual approach towards life, an approach, which extensively influenced ...
... home of the chief Greek gods, led by Zeus. Oreads: Nymphs of the mountains and hills. Page 121 Orpheus: A legendary pre-Homeric Thracian poet and musician, founder of the Orphic mysteries, who was able to charm even wild beasts and birds by his music. Palladium: an ancient sacred image of Athene which was the guardian of a city. The Palladium of Troy is especially famous ...
... The hypothesis I propose is that the Rig-Veda is itself the one considerable document that remains to us from the early period of human thought of which the historic Eleusinian and Orphic mysteries were the failing remnants when the spiritual and psychological knowledge of the race was concealed, for reasons now difficult to determine, in a veil of concrete and material figures ...
... mystics here and there. Regarding the descent of the supernal Light and the consequent transformation of human nature, it has always been a doubtful and mystified issue. True it is that the Orphic Mysteries aimed at some kind of trans-formation or deification, but what they meant by trans-formation and how they proposed actually to achieve it has been a lost science, having had little bearing on ...
... few mystics here and there. Regarding the descent of the supernal Light and the consequent transformation of human nature, it has always been a doubtful and mystified issue. True it is that the Orphic Mysteries aimed at some kind of transformation or deification, but what they meant by transformation and how they proposed actually to achieve it has been a lost science, having had little bearing on the ...
... persons.'" " The hypothesis I propose is that the Rig-veda is itself the one considerable document that remains to us from the early period of human thought of which the historic Eleusinian and Orphic mysteries were the failing remnants, when the spiritual and psychological knowledge of the race was conceal- ed , for reasons now difficult to determine, in a veil of concrete and material figures and symbols ...
Share your feedback. Help us improve. Or ask a question.