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