
Lectures on Ancient Philosophy
An Introduction to the Study and Application of Rational Procedure
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Manly P. Hall
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Complete in itself, this volume originated as a commentary and expansion of Manly P. Hall's masterpiece of symbolic philosophy, The Secret Teachings of All Ages. In Lectures on Ancient Philosophy, Manly P. Hall expands on the philosophical, metaphysical, and cosmological themes introduced in his classic work, The Secret Teachings of All Ages.
Hall wrote this volume as a companion to his earlier work, intending it for those wishing to delve more deeply into the esoteric philosophies and ideas that undergird the Secret Teachings. Particular attention is paid to Neoplatonism, ancient Christianity, Rosicrucian and Freemasonic traditions, ancient mysteries, pagan rites and symbols, and Pythagorean mathematics.
The Nature of the Absolute God, the Divine Foundation, Illumined Mind, the Universal Savior
The Inferior Creation and Its Regent
The Annihilation of the Sense of Diversity
The Disciplines of Salvation
The Doctrine of Redemption Through Grace
The Mission of Aesthetics
The Cycle of Necessity
Pagan Theogony and Cosmogony
Mathematics, the Master Science
Demigods and Supermen
Emerson’s Concept of the Oversoul
Exoteric and Esoteric Knowledge
Symbolism, the Universal Language
Ancient Mystery Rituals
A Philosophic Consideration of Man
The Ladder of the Gods
Rosicrucian and Masonic Origins
The Goal of Philosophy
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