Thomas Tryon
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    Thomas Tryon

    Thomas Tryon(1634–1703)

    English writer on diet, health, and spirituality who advocated vegetarianism, temperance, and regimen reform. He framed bodily discipline as a moral and spiritual practice, linking food, passions, and prayer in a single program of self-governance.

    Read by Emerson (see Emerson's Library) & Alcott (see Alcott's Library)

    5 titles in the Cabinet

    Averroeana, or Letters from Averroes

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    Averroeana being a transcript of several letters from Averroes an Arabian philosopher at Corduba in Spain, to Metrodorus a young Grecian nobleman, student at Athens in the years 1149 and 1150 : also several letters from Pythagoras to the King of India, together with his reception at the Indian court, and an account of his discourse with the King, and his gymnosophists, and his rules and precepts...

    The Dial's edition: London, 1687

    A fictional epistolary work presenting philosophical wisdom through imagined letters from the medieval Islamic philosopher Averroes, exploring themes of reason, nature, and ethical living. Listed in the Dial catalog under Tryon.

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    Read by Alcott (see Alcott's Library)

    Letters, Philosophical, Theological, and Moral

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    Tryon's letters, domestick and foreign, to several persons of quality, occasionally distributed in subjects, viz. philosophical, theological, and moral

    The Dial's edition: London, 1700

    A collection of Tryon's correspondence exploring his distinctive blend of Christian mysticism, Pythagorean ethics, and practical wisdom on diet, temperance, and spiritual cultivation.

    Full textSurvives at Houghton Library

    Read by Alcott (see Alcott's Library)

    on Dreams

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    Pythagoras his mystick philosophy reviv'd, or, The mystery of dreams unfolded wherein the causes, natures, and uses of nocturnal representations ... are theosophically unfolded ...

    The Dial's edition: London, 1691

    An exploration of the nature and significance of dreams, examining their causes, types, and spiritual meanings within Tryon's framework of natural philosophy and moral improvement.

    Full textSurvives at Houghton Library

    Read by Emerson (see Emerson's Library) & Alcott (see Alcott's Library)

    Self

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    The knowledge of a man's self the surest guide to the true worship of God, and good government of the mind and body. ... Or, the second part of the way to long life, health and happiness

    The Dial's edition: London, 1703

    A continuation of Tryon's health philosophy, emphasizing self-knowledge as the foundation for spiritual devotion and physical well-being, combining practical advice with moral instruction.

    Full textSurvives at Houghton Library

    Read by Alcott (see Alcott's Library)

    Way to Health

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    The way to health, long life and happiness: or, A discourse of temperance, and the particular nature of all things requisite for the life of man ... To which is added, a treatise of most sorts of English herbs

    The Dial's edition: London, 1697

    Tryon's comprehensive guide to healthy living, advocating vegetarianism, temperance, and harmony with nature as the keys to physical health and spiritual contentment.

    Full textSurvives at Houghton Library

    Read by Emerson (see Emerson's Library) & Alcott (see Alcott's Library)