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Transmission of knowledge is an initiation into mysteries (1)

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Topics (move over topic to see place in topic list) Transmission of esoteric lore 11 Language, communication, libraries and education 11.05 Education and transmission of knowledge 11.05.03 Higher education 11.05.03.01 Transmission of esoteric lore	Keywords initiation rites
Period Greek Classical Age	Channel Greek philosophers and scholars

Text
Hippocratic Corpus, Lex 5:
Holy things are shown to holy men; such things are not permitted for the profane until they are initiated through the rites of knowledge.

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Hippocratic Corpus, Lex 5

Bibliography

Burkert 1992, 44

Burkert, Walter. The Orientalizing Revolution. Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Period. Cambridge MA: Harvard University Press 1992.

Amar Annus

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