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The golden verses of Pythagoras

by Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (1767–1825)

18 chapters, about 76,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 100 words
2. TRANSLATOR’S FOREWORD 600 words
3. DISCOURSE UPON THE ESSENCE AND FORM OF POETRY[1] 600 words
4. § I 3,300 words
5. § II 3,700 words
6. § III 2,300 words
7. § IV 3,800 words
8. § V 5,200 words
9. § VI 3,700 words
10. § VII 4,800 words
11. PURIFICATION 300 words
12. 1. THE GOLDEN VERSES OF THE PYTHAGOREANS 800 words
13. PREPARATION 2,800 words
14. PURIFICATION 16,600 words
15. PERFECTION 23,500 words
16. FOOTNOTES: 3,200 words
17. [230] PURIFICATION 300 words
18. [231] PERFECTION 400 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Bon
• Cult
• Divinity
• History of China
• Predestination

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