HoP 117 - Born Again - Latin Platonism
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Marriage of Mercury and Philology
The Marriage of Mercury and Philology is an extravagant allegory by Marceana. The book weaves Platonous Teachings into a description of the divine wedding ceremony. It's all presented in torturous Latin, festooned with obscure vocabulary. No less a reader than C.S. Lewis said it was 'too good to be true'
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