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Hippolytus of Rome, Ἱππόλυτος; : Hippólytos, (c. 170 – c. 235 AD) was a Bishop of Rome and one of the most important second-third century Christian theologians, whose provenance, identity and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians.
The Refutation of All Heresies (Greek: Φιλοσοφούμενα ή κατὰ πασῶν αἱρέσεων ἔλεγχος; Latin: Refutatio Omnium Haeresium), also called the Elenchus or Philosophumena, is a compendious Christian polemical work of the early third century that catalogues both pagan beliefs and 33 gnostic Christian systems deemed heretical by Hippolytus, making it a major source of information on contemporary opponents of Christian orthodoxy as understood today.
The first book, a synopsis of Greek philosophy, circulated separately in several manuscripts and was known as the Philosophoumena (Greek: Φιλοσοφούμενα "philosophical teachings"), a title which some extend to the whole work. Books IV-X were recovered in 1842 in a manuscript at Mount Athos, while books II and III remain lost. The work was long attributed to the early Christian theologian Origen.
00:02:08 The Proemium.
— Motives for Undertaking the Refutation; Exposure of the Ancient Mysteries; Plan of the Work; Completeness of the Refutation; Value of the Treatise to Future Ages.
00:11:13 Chapter 1. Thales;
His Physics and Theology; Founder of Greek Astronomy.
00:12:54 Chapter 2. Pythagoras;
His Cosmogony; Rules of His Sect; Discoverer of Physiognomy; His Philosophy of Numbers; His System of the Transmigration of Souls; Zaratas on Demons; Why Pythagoras Forbade the Eating of Beans; The Mode of Living Adopted by His Disciples.
00:23:44 Chapter 3. Empedocles;
His Twofold Cause; Tenet of Transmigration.
00:25:30 Chapter 4. Heraclitus;
His Universal Dogmatism; His Theory of Flux; Other Systems.
00:28:00 Chapter 5. Anaximander;
His Theory of the Infinite; His Astronomic Opinions; His Physics.
00:31:26 Chapter 6. Anaximenes;
His System of An Infinite Air; His Views of Astronomy and Natural Phenomena.
00:35:50 Chapter 7. Anaxagoras;
His Theory of Mind; Recognises an Efficient Cause; His Cosmogony and Astronomy.
00:42:00 Chapter 8. Archelaus;
System Akin to that of Anaxagoras; His Origin of the Earth and of Animals; Other Systems.
00:46:18 Chapter 9. Parmenides;
His Theory of Unity; His Eschatology.
00:47:17 Chapter 10. Leucippus;
His Atomic Theory.
00:48:23 Chapter 11. Democritus;
His Duality of Principles; His Cosmogony.
00:50:44 Chapter 12. Xenophanes;
His Scepticism; His Notions of God and Nature; Believes in a Flood.
00:53:54 Chapter 13. Ecphantus;
His Scepticism; Tenet of Infinity.
00:55:10 Chapter 14. Hippo;
His Duality of Principles; His Psychology.
00:56:16 Chapter 15. Socrates;
His Philosophy Reproduced by Plato.
00:57:00 Chapter 16. Plato;
Threefold Classification of Principles; His Idea of God; Different Opinions Regarding His Theology and Psychology; His Eschatology and System of Metempsychosis; His Ethical Doctrines; Notions on the Free-Will Question.
1:11:00 Chapter 17. Aristotle; Duality of Principles; His Categories; His Psychology; His Ethical Doctrines; Origin of the Epithet Peripatetic.
01:16:09 Chapter 18. The Stoics;
Their Superiority in Logic; Fatalists; Their Doctrine of Conflagrations.
01:19:02 Chapter 19. Epicurus;
Adopt's the Democritic Atomism; Denial of Divine Providence; The Principle of His Ethical System.
01:22:23 Chapter 20. The Academics;
Difference of Opinion Among Them.
01:23:46 Chapter 21. The Brachmans;
Their Mode of Life; Ideas of Deity; Different Sorts Of; Their Ethical Notions.
01:27:42 Chapter 22. The Druids;
Progenitors of Their System.
01:28:48 Chapter 23. Hesiod;
The Nine Muses; The Hesiodic Cosmogony; The Ancient Speculators, Materialists; Derivative Character of the Heresies from Heathen Philosophy.
Hippolytus of Rome, Ἱππόλυτος; : Hippólytos, (c. 170 – c. 235 AD) was a Bishop of Rome and one of the most important second-third century Christian theologians, whose provenance, identity and corpus remain elusive to scholars and historians.
The Refutation of All Heresies (Greek: Φιλοσοφούμενα ή κατὰ πασῶν αἱρέσεων ἔλεγχος; Latin: Refutatio Omnium Haeresium), also called the Elenchus or Philosophumena, is a compendious Christian polemical work of the early third century that catalogues both pagan beliefs and 33 gnostic Christian systems deemed heretical by Hippolytus, making it a major source of information on contemporary opponents of Christian orthodoxy as understood today.
The first book, a synopsis of Greek philosophy, circulated separately in several manuscripts and was known as the Philosophoumena (Greek: Φιλοσοφούμενα "philosophical teachings"), a title which some extend to the whole work. Books IV-X were recovered in 1842 in a manuscript at Mount Athos, while books II and III remain lost. The work was long attributed to the early Christian theologian Origen.
00:02:08 The Proemium.
— Motives for Undertaking the Refutation; Exposure of the Ancient Mysteries; Plan of the Work; Completeness of the Refutation; Value of the Treatise to Future Ages.
00:11:13 Chapter 1. Thales;
His Physics and Theology; Founder of Greek Astronomy.
00:12:54 Chapter 2. Pythagoras;
His Cosmogony; Rules of His Sect; Discoverer of Physiognomy; His Philosophy of Numbers; His System of the Transmigration of Souls; Zaratas on Demons; Why Pythagoras Forbade the Eating of Beans; The Mode of Living Adopted by His Disciples.
00:23:44 Chapter 3. Empedocles;
His Twofold Cause; Tenet of Transmigration.
00:25:30 Chapter 4. Heraclitus;
His Universal Dogmatism; His Theory of Flux; Other Systems.
00:28:00 Chapter 5. Anaximander;
His Theory of the Infinite; His Astronomic Opinions; His Physics.
00:31:26 Chapter 6. Anaximenes;
His System of An Infinite Air; His Views of Astronomy and Natural Phenomena.
00:35:50 Chapter 7. Anaxagoras;
His Theory of Mind; Recognises an Efficient Cause; His Cosmogony and Astronomy.
00:42:00 Chapter 8. Archelaus;
System Akin to that of Anaxagoras; His Origin of the Earth and of Animals; Other Systems.
00:46:18 Chapter 9. Parmenides;
His Theory of Unity; His Eschatology.
00:47:17 Chapter 10. Leucippus;
His Atomic Theory.
00:48:23 Chapter 11. Democritus;
His Duality of Principles; His Cosmogony.
00:50:44 Chapter 12. Xenophanes;
His Scepticism; His Notions of God and Nature; Believes in a Flood.
00:53:54 Chapter 13. Ecphantus;
His Scepticism; Tenet of Infinity.
00:55:10 Chapter 14. Hippo;
His Duality of Principles; His Psychology.
00:56:16 Chapter 15. Socrates;
His Philosophy Reproduced by Plato.
00:57:00 Chapter 16. Plato;
Threefold Classification of Principles; His Idea of God; Different Opinions Regarding His Theology and Psychology; His Eschatology and System of Metempsychosis; His Ethical Doctrines; Notions on the Free-Will Question.
1:11:00 Chapter 17. Aristotle; Duality of Principles; His Categories; His Psychology; His Ethical Doctrines; Origin of the Epithet Peripatetic.
01:16:09 Chapter 18. The Stoics;
Their Superiority in Logic; Fatalists; Their Doctrine of Conflagrations.
01:19:02 Chapter 19. Epicurus;
Adopt's the Democritic Atomism; Denial of Divine Providence; The Principle of His Ethical System.
01:22:23 Chapter 20. The Academics;
Difference of Opinion Among Them.
01:23:46 Chapter 21. The Brachmans;
Their Mode of Life; Ideas of Deity; Different Sorts Of; Their Ethical Notions.
01:27:42 Chapter 22. The Druids;
Progenitors of Their System.
01:28:48 Chapter 23. Hesiod;
The Nine Muses; The Hesiodic Cosmogony; The Ancient Speculators, Materialists; Derivative Character of the Heresies from Heathen Philosophy.
