Project Gutenberg 2004-07-12 Public domain in the USA. 121 Mead, G. R. S. (George Robert Stow) 1863 1933 Mead, George Robert Stow Simon Magus An Essay on the Founder of Simonianism Based on the Ancient Sources With a Re-Evaluation of His Philosophy and Teachings Reading ease score: 62.6 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Jonathan Ingram, Wilelmina Mallière and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. "Simon Magus" by G. R. S. Mead is an essay on the founder of Simonianism, likely written in the early 20th century. The work aims to provide a re-evaluation of Simon Magus based on ancient sources, particularly examining his philosophy and teachings. Examining the context of the legends that surround him and contrasting them with patristic writings, the text presents Simon not merely as a notorious sorcerer condemned by early Christians, but as a complex thinker whose ideas may intersect with broader theosophical currents present in various world religions. The opening of the essay establishes the framework for understanding Simon Magus by summarizing the common perceptions held about him in early Christian texts. Mead identifies how Simon is frequently portrayed as the archetype of heresy and a magician whose teachings conflict with orthodox Christianity, yet argues that such portrayals have often misrepresented him. The section discusses the sources that inform these views, from the New Testament to patristic writings, setting up the thesis that Simon's actual teachings warrant a more nuanced understanding. It suggests that Mead will delve deeper into Simon's possible philosophical contributions later in the essay, moving beyond mere condemnation to explore the potentially valuable insights he offered. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Simon, Magus, active 1st century BF Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 275455 267080 2024-10-06T05:10:50.065820 2023-10-06T07:00:20.392413 text/html text/html 261903 2020-12-15T06:46:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 167539 2020-12-15T06:46:47 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 254698 2024-10-06T05:10:58.273751 application/epub+zip 258654 2024-10-06T05:10:53.435813 application/epub+zip 154811 2024-10-06T05:10:51.968780 application/epub+zip 388021 2024-10-06T05:11:01.627748 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360079 2024-10-06T05:10:57.414799 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201094 2022-09-06T23:02:24.348687 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229797 229711 2024-10-06T05:10:49.228819 2023-10-06T07:00:19.735451 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 229537 2020-12-15T06:46:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 85715 2020-12-15T06:46:47 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 229546 2020-12-15T06:46:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85529 2020-12-15T06:46:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21465 2024-10-06T05:11:01.757746 application/rdf+xml 11575 2024-10-06T05:10:52.568783 image/jpeg 3073 2024-10-06T05:10:52.280784 image/jpeg 247496 2024-10-06T05:10:50.090812 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia