Fabulari paulisper lubet, sed ex re Le jeu de Politien dans la Lamia ou « la philosophie pour les nuls »

In this prælectio, rather a prælusio, written with tongue in cheek for his students, the use of fable, instead of being, as has been said, a veiled attack against the neo-platonic movement in Florence, develops, under the patronage of Pythagoras « himself », together author of a Tam portentosæ sapientiæ (the Symbola) and the first « friend of wisdom », a reflexion on reality and appearance which is the best introduction to philosophy.