The Veil of Isis: An Essay on the History of the Idea of Nature
Philosophy
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Summary
Nearly 25 hundred years ago the Greek thinker Heraclitus supposedly uttered the cryptic wprds 'Phusis kruptesthai philei'. How the aphorism, usually translated as 'nature loves to hide', has haunted Western culture ever since is the subject of this engaging study by Pierre Hadot.
Title Details
ISBN
9780674030497
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Copyright Date
2006
Book number
1109526