Description: Eleusis and Enlightenment by Ferdinand Saumarez Smith The age of Enlightenment – the so-called age of reason – was also, paradoxically, the age of the Eleusinian mysteries. By attempting to reveal Demeters secret cult, British, French, and German thinkers and freemasons of the eighteenth century revealed Christianitys pagan origins. FORMAT Hardcover CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The age of Enlightenment – the so-called age of reason – was also, paradoxically, the age of the Eleusinian mysteries. By attempting to reveal Demeters secret cult, British, French, and German thinkers and freemasons of the eighteenth century revealed more than they bargained for: the pagan origins of Christian doctrines such as the Trinity and the afterlife, and through the mythical gift of law and agriculture to Eleusis an alternative narrative of the origins of civilisation to that found in the Bible. Author Biography Ferdinand Saumarez Smith, PhD (2022), Kings College London, is a historian of ideas and religion. As the director of Factum Foundation for Digital Technology in Preservation in the UK he has also curated exhibitions and organised cultural preservation projects worldwide. Table of Contents ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroduction The Age of the Mysteries 1 Freemasonry and Enlightenment 2 Summary of Chapters1 The Word Mystery 1 Christianity not Mysterious: John Toland 2 The Trinitarian Controversy 3 Toland not Deist 4 Unfolding Natures Mysteries, and discoursing on Religion2 The Religion of the Patriarchs 1 William Stukeley: The Antiquarian Freemason 2 On the Mysterys 3 The Egyptian Society 4 True Noachida: James Anderson 5 Chance Rays of the Hebrews: Andrew Michael Ramsay3 Law, Agriculture, and the Afterlife 1 William Warburton and the Ancient Legislators 2 Agriculture after the Deluge: Noël-Antoine Pluche 3 The Origin and the End of Society: Nicolas-Antoine Boulanger4 The Common Temple of the World 1 The Venemous Cure: Voltaire and Warburton 2 The Festival of Universal Liberty: Antoine Court de Gébelin 3 Illuminating the Heathen World: Johann August Starck 4 The Essence of Religion: Nicolas-Marie Leclerc de Sept-Chênes5 Christianity Revealed 1 St John the Egyptian: Christian Ernst WÜnsch 2 The Elysium of Reason: Charles-François DupuisConclusion Divided TestamentsBibliography Manuscripts Printed Primary Literature Secondary LiteratureIndex Details ISBN9004547541 Author Ferdinand Saumarez Smith Publisher Brill Series Brills Studies in Intellectual History Year 2024 ISBN-13 9789004547544 Format Hardcover Imprint Brill Subtitle The Problem of the Mysteries in Eighteenth-Century Thought Place of Publication Leiden Country of Publication Netherlands Alternative 9789004692305 Series Number 351 Audience Professional & Vocational Publication Date 2024-03-28 Pages 244 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:160821240;
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