Socrates Mystagogos: Initiation Into Inquiry

by Don Adams

For Socrates, philosophy is not like Christian conversion from error to truth, but rather it is like the pagan process whereby a young man is initiated into cult mysteries by a more experienced man - the mystagogos - who prepares him and leads him to the sacred precinct. In Greek cult religion, the mystagogos prepared the initiate for the esoteric mysteries revealed by the hierophant. Socrates treats traditional wisdom with scepticism, and this...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367595869
• ISBN13: 9780367595869
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.1"