TRANSLATIONS OF CHRISTIAN LITERATURE

General Editors:W. J. SPARROW-SIMPSON, D.D.,
W. K. LOWTHER CLARKE, B.D.

SERIES I
GREEK TEXTS

PHILOSOPHUMENA

OR THE

REFUTATION OF ALL HERESIES

PHILOSOPHUMENA

OR THE

REFUTATION OF ALL HERESIES

FORMERLY ATTRIBUTED TO ORIGEN, BUT
NOW TO HIPPOLYTUS, BISHOP AND
MARTYR, WHO FLOURISHED
ABOUT 220 A.D.

TRANSLATED FROM THE TEXT OF CRUICE

BY

F. LEGGE, F.S.A.

VOL. I.

LONDON
SOCIETY FOR PROMOTING
CHRISTIAN KNOWLEDGE
NEW YORK: THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
1921

Printed in Great Britain by
Richard Clay & Sons, Limited,
paris garden, stamford st., s.e. 1,
and bungay, suffolk.

CONTENTS

PAGE
INTRODUCTION[1]-[30]
1. THE TEXT, ITS DISCOVERY, PUBLICATION AND EDITIONS[1]
2. THE AUTHORSHIP OF THE WORK[5]
3. THE CREDIBILITY OF HIPPOLYTUS[8]
4. THE COMPOSITION OF THE WORK[11]
5. THE STYLE OF THE WORK[23]
6. THE VALUE OF THE WORK[28]
BOOK I: THE PHILOSOPHERS[31]-[64]
PROÆMIUM[32]
THALES[35]
PYTHAGORAS[36]
EMPEDOCLES[40]
HERACLITUS[41]
ANAXIMANDER[42]
ANAXIMENES[43]
ANAXAGORAS[44]
ARCHELAUS[46]
PARMENIDES[47]
LEUCIPPUS[48]
DEMOCRITUS[48]
XENOPHANES[49]
ECPHANTUS[50]
HIPPO[50]
SOCRATES[51]
PLATO[51]
ARISTOTLE[55]
THE STOICS[57]
EPICURUS[58]
THE ACADEMICS[59]
THE BRACHMANS AMONG THE INDIANS[60]
THE DRUIDS AMONG THE CELTS[61]
HESIOD[62]
BOOK II ?[65]
BOOK III ?[65]
BOOK IV: THE DIVINERS AND MAGICIANS[67]-[117]
1. OF ASTROLOGERS[67]
2. OF MATHEMATICIANS[83]
3. OF DIVINATION BY METOPOSCOPY[87]
4. THE MAGICIANS[92]
5. RECAPITULATION[103]
6. OF DIVINATION BY ASTRONOMY[107]
7. OF THE ARITHMETICAL ART[114]
BOOK V: THE OPHITE HERESIES[118]-[180]
1. NAASSENES[118]
2. PERATÆ[146]
3. THE SETHIANI[160]
4. JUSTINUS[169]