Eleusis and Enlightenment : : The Problem of the Mysteries in Eighteenth-Century Thought.

The age of Enlightenment - the so-called age of reason - was also, paradoxically, the age of the Eleusinian mysteries. By attempting to reveal Demeter's secret cult, British, French, and German thinkers and freemasons of the eighteenth century revealed Christianity's pagan origins.

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Superior document:Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series ; v.351
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 2024.
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Year of Publication:2024
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (252 pages)
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