The Veil of Isis: An Essay on the History of the Idea of Nature

by Pierre Hadot

Nearly twenty-five hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic words "Phusis kruptesthai philei." How the aphorism, usually translated as "Nature loves to hide," has... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674023161
• ISBN13: 9780674023161
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Belknap Press
• Length: 399 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 5.8" x 8.5"