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Corpus Hermeticum: Core Treatises
A detailed introduction to primary sources and the development of hermeneutic analysis skills.
📖 8 cards reading✦ 2 question◷ ~18 min
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Treatise I 'Poimandres': The Revelation of the Mind
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The Cosmogony of Poimandres: Light, Darkness, and Creation
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The Anthropology of the Poimandres: The Fall and Ascent of Man
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Examination on Treatise I
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Treatise IV 'The Cup': Baptism by Mind
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Treatise VII: 'That the Greatest Evil is Ignorance of God'
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Tractate XIII 'The Secret Sermon on the Mountain': Rebirth
Question
Test on Treatises IV, VII, XIII
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The Doctrine of Gnosis as Saving Knowledge
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Comparative Analysis of the Treatises: Common Motifs