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