The Notion of Truth in Some Hermetic Texts and Chaldaean Oracles
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21249440 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Anna Van Den Kerchove (Laboratoire d'études sur les monothéismes, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 3 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-53 |
| Publication date | 2018-04-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Gnosis (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2451-859X • E-ISSN: 2451-8581 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/2451859x-12340047 |
| OpenAlex | W2801048568 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 14 |
The following paper is an inquiry into the notion of truth in the Hermetic fragment Stobaeus Hermetica 2 a 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
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