A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries.

Thomas, MB Bs Ffarcsmdchm Mbchb Frcs(ed) Facs Facg (Cern Switzerland) Taylor

ISBN 10: 1170399991 / ISBN 13: 9781170399996

Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Dissertation on the Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries.
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1170399991
• ISBN 13: 9781170399996
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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<sourceLibrary>British Library

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<Notes>Anonymous. By Thomas Taylor. The imprint is fictitious; printed in London [NUC].

<imprintFull>Amsterdam [i.e. London] : printed for, and sold by, J. Weitstein, [1790?]. <collation>iv,184p. ; 8°

About the Author

The translator of this work, Thomas Taylor, is known for his authoritative translations of the Platonists; he was practically the sole source of Neo-Platonic thought in the transcendentalist movement of New England. Iamblichus' "Life of Pythagoras" was a constant source of inspiration to the transcendentalists and a major influence on their writings throughout the Nineteenth Century. Taylor's work was enthusiastically acclaimed by Emerson, who referred to the translator as "a Greek born out of his time, and dropped on the ridicule of a blind and frivolous age."