Alexandrine Teaching on the Universe (Routledge Revivals)

by: R. B. Tollinton (Author)

Publisher: Routledge

Edition: 1st

Publication Date: 2024/11/1

Language: English

Print Length: 186 pages

ISBN-10: 1032892536

ISBN-13: 9781032892535

Book Description

Originally published in 1932, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1931. The views of the universe as held by the great teachers of Ancient Alexandria are discussed: Philo, Clement, Origen, Plotinus and the Gnostics are considered and their outlook compared and contrasted with certain phases of early 20th Century scientific opinion..

About the Author

Originally published in 1932, this book is based on a series of lectures delivered in Cambridge in 1931. The views of the universe as held by the great teachers of Ancient Alexandria are discussed: Philo, Clement, Origen, Plotinus and the Gnostics are considered and their outlook compared and contrasted with certain phases of early 20th Century scientific opinion..