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A Story Waiting to Pierce You: Mongolia, Tibet and the Destiny of the Western World (2010) 50 copias
Catafalque 1 copia
The Path That is No Path : From the Ancient Greeks to the World of the Sufis [sound recording] (2004) 1 copia
Reality 1 copia
Nei Luoghi Oscuri Della Saggezza 1 copia
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- Nombre canónico
- Kingsley, Peter
- Fecha de nacimiento
- 1953
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- UK
- Lugares de residencia
- Asheville, North Carolina, USA
- Educación
- University of Lancaster (BA, Hons.|1975)
Cambridge University (King's College)
University of London (PhD)
Warburg Institute (London ∙ Fellow) - Ocupaciones
- scholar of ancient philosophy
- Biografía breve
- Classical scholar and spiritual teacher Peter Kingsley was born in the UK. He received his BA from the University of Lancaster, his Master of Letters from King's College, University of Cambridge, and his PhD from the University of London. He has been made honorary Professor at the University of New Mexico and Canada's Simon Fraser University. He is a former Fellow of the Warburg Institute in London.
Kingsley's early writings are traditionally academic, and culminate in the 1995 Ancient Philosophy, Mystery, and Magic: Empedocles and Pythagorean Tradition. His more recent works, in particular In the Dark Places of Wisdom and Reality, emphasize the lived experience and daily application of the mystical tradition of the ancient western world.
He continues to write and teach, working to make the spirituality and meditative disciplines of Empedocles, Parmenides, and those like them available to people today. To this end, he gives talks and leads workshops and retreats near his home in Asheville, North Carolina and around the country.
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'a remarkable achievement: challenging, learned and at the same time
enthralling to read, anyone with a serious interest in early Greek philosophy
should read this book.
Classical Reviem
an original, lucid and intriguing narrative on Empedocles.. a powerful, wide-
ranging and coherent case that deserves a hearing
Phronesis
The thesis is argued with immense learning. . courageous, original.'
Times Higher Education Supplement
Empedocles played a crucial role in the development of western culture; yet
little is known or understood about this man, who lived in Sicily in the fifth
century BC. Using material never exploited before, this is the first full-scale
study of Empedocles to situate his fragmentary writings in their original context
of philosophy as a way of life, of mystery religion and magic, and of the struggle
to realize one's own divinity. Peter Kingsley also presents fresh evidence which
proves Empedocles was not an isolated figure and reveals new links between his
work and ancient Pythagorcanism. The process of establishing these links now
makes it possible to demonstrate, in detail, the Pythagorean origin of Plato's
myths. The second half of the book re-examines problems regarding the
connections between ancient magic, science, and religion. More specifically, it
traces for the first time a line of transmission from Empedocles and the early
Pythagoreans down to southern Egypt, and from there into the world of Islam.
This neglected process of transmission is of profound significance for our
understanding not only of Greek philosophy but also of the background to
ancient alchemy, Sufism, and medieval mysticism.
Peter Kingsley is a former Fellow of the Warburg Institute, and now lives and
teaches on the west coast of Canada.… (más)