Magi of the Persians
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the Magi of the Persians · the magi of the Persians
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On Moral Ends (Latin)
Why did Pythagoras himself both survey Egypt and go to the magi of the Persians?
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On Moral Ends
Persian priestly class visited by Pythagoras in his search for wisdom
Why did Pythagoras himself both survey Egypt and go to the magi of the Persians?
Adversus Marcionem
Persian priestly class cited as worshippers of natural elements.
as Thales water, Heraclitus fire, Anaximenes air, Anaximander all the heavenly bodies, Strato heaven and earth, Zeno air and aether, Plato the stars (which kind of gods he calls fiery) — when, considering of the world its greatness and force and power and honour and beauty, the resource, the constancy, the law of the several elements, which conspire to the begetting, nourishing, completing, and re …