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Illustration — Fabre d'Olivet Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (Antòni Fabre d'Olivet; 8 December 1767 in Ganges – 25 March 1825 in Paris) was a French author, poet and composer whose Biblical and philosophical hermeneutics influenced many occultists, such as Eliphas Lévi, Gérard Encausse ("Papus") and Édouard Schuré. His best known works are on the research of the Hebrew language and the history of the human race entitled (1) The Hebraic Tongue Restored: And the True Meaning of the Hebrew Words Re-Established and Proved by their Radical Analysis, and (2) Hermeneutic Interpretation of the Origin of the Social State of Man and of the Destiny of the Adamic Race. Other works of renown are on the sacred art of music entitled Music Explained as Science and as Art and Considered in its Analog Relationship with Religious Mysteries, Ancient Mythology and the History of the Earth, and a translation and commentary of Pythagoras's thirty-six Golden Verses.

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Fabre d'Olivet

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Full name
Antoine Fabre.
Born
1767 · Ganges.
Died
1825 · former 10th arrondissement of Paris.
Nationality
France
Occupation
writer · philologist · philosopher · playwright · historian · poet · journalist · composer
Fields
translation from English · translations from Ancient Greek · translations from Ancient Occitan
Languages
French · Occitan

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Illustration — Fabre d'Olivet Antoine Fabre d'Olivet (Antòni Fabre d'Olivet; 8 December 1767 in Ganges – 25 March 1825 in Paris) was a French author, poet and composer whose Biblical and philosophical hermeneutics influenced many occultists, such as Eliphas Lévi, Gérard Encausse ("Papus") and Édouard Schuré. His best known works are on the research of the Hebrew language and the history of the human race entitled (1) The Hebraic Tongue Restored: And the True Meaning of the Hebrew Words Re-Established and Proved by their Radical Analysis, and (2) Hermeneutic Interpretation of the Origin of the Social State of Man and of the Destiny of the Adamic Race. Other works of renown are on the sacred art of music entitled Music Explained as Science and as Art and Considered in its Analog Relationship with Religious Mysteries, Ancient Mythology and the History of the Earth, and a translation and commentary of Pythagoras's thirty-six Golden Verses.

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