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Antoine Fabre d'Olivet
1767–1825
A restless French writer, poet, and composer, he moved between literature, music, language study, and spiritual speculation. His unusual blend of scholarship and mysticism later caught the attention of many nineteenth-century occult and esoteric thinkers.
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The golden verses of Pythagoras
by Antoine Fabre d'Olivet, Pythagoras
About the author
Born in Ganges in southern France on December 8, 1767, Antoine Fabre d'Olivet became known as a writer, poet, and composer with a wide range of interests. He worked across literature and music, and he also developed ambitious ideas about language, history, religion, and philosophy.
He is especially remembered for studies connected with the Hebrew language, for writings on Pythagoras and the Golden Verses, and for his reflections on music and sacred tradition. His work often tried to uncover hidden meanings behind ancient texts and symbols, which gave it a distinctive mix of learning, imagination, and spiritual interpretation.
Fabre d'Olivet died in Paris on March 25, 1825. Though he was never a mainstream literary figure, his books went on to influence later esoteric authors and readers interested in mysticism, symbolism, and alternative readings of the ancient world.