عنوان

The Notion of Truth in Some Hermetic Texts and Chaldaean Oracles

شماره

LA110859

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انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

The Notion of Truth in Some Hermetic Texts and Chaldaean Oracles

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Anna van den Kerchove

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The following paper is an inquiry into the notion of truth in the Hermetic fragment Stobaeus Hermetica 2a and the Chaldaean Oracles fr. 107. In both texts, the truth has an absolute status and is considered not to be present on earth. This conception has consequences for the way of evaluating sciences, divination, philosophy and ritual. In order to study how these four topics are portrayed, the article analyzes other Hermetic passages, in particular that can be found in the Asclepius. The four topics are positively evaluated only when they are related to the "primary truth." Philosophy encompasses the four topics and is defined as piety. This impacts the attitude that the Hermetic groups might adopt vis-à-vis the civic sacrifices, especially when the Decian edict obliged the citizens to sacrifice. The following paper is an inquiry into the notion of truth in the Hermetic fragment Stobaeus Hermetica 2a and the Chaldaean Oracles fr. 107. In both texts, the truth has an absolute status and is considered not to be present on earth. This conception has consequences for the way of evaluating sciences, divination, philosophy and ritual. In order to study how these four topics are portrayed, the article analyzes other Hermetic passages, in particular that can be found in the Asclepius. The four topics are positively evaluated only when they are related to the "primary truth." Philosophy encompasses the four topics and is defined as piety. This impacts the attitude that the Hermetic groups might adopt vis-à-vis the civic sacrifices, especially when the Decian edict obliged the citizens to sacrifice. The following paper is an inquiry into the notion of truth in the Hermetic fragment Stobaeus Hermetica 2a and the Chaldaean Oracles fr. 107. In both texts, the truth has an absolute status and is considered not to be present on earth. This conception has consequences for the way of evaluating sciences, divination, philosophy and ritual. In order to study how these four topics are portrayed, the article analyzes other Hermetic passages, in particular that can be found in the Asclepius. The four topics are positively evaluated only when they are related to the "primary truth." Philosophy encompasses the four topics and is defined as piety. This impacts the attitude that the Hermetic groups might adopt vis-à-vis the civic sacrifices, especially when the Decian edict obliged the citizens to sacrifice. The following paper is an inquiry into the notion of truth in the Hermetic fragment Stobaeus Hermetica 2a and the Chaldaean Oracles fr. 107. In both texts, the truth has an absolute status and is considered not to be present on earth. This conception has consequences for the way of evaluating sciences, divination, philosophy and ritual. In order to study how these four topics are portrayed, the article analyzes other Hermetic passages, in particular that can be found in the Asclepius. The four topics are positively evaluated only when they are related to the "primary truth." Philosophy encompasses the four topics and is defined as piety. This impacts the attitude that the Hermetic groups might adopt vis-à-vis the civic sacrifices, especially when the Decian edict obliged the citizens to sacrifice.

تاريخ نشر

2018

توصيف ظاهري

34-53

عنوان

Gnosis: Journal of Gnostic Studies

شماره جلد

3/1

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

2451-859X

اصطلاح موضوعی

chaldaean oracles

اصطلاح موضوعی

Decius

اصطلاح موضوعی

divination

اصطلاح موضوعی

Hermetica

اصطلاح موضوعی

philosophy

اصطلاح موضوعی

piety

اصطلاح موضوعی

sacrifices

اصطلاح موضوعی

sciences

اصطلاح موضوعی

truth

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Anna van den Kerchove

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/2451859X-12340047

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y