1. Concept
The concept of a perfect, primal wisdom, a prisca philosophia (ancient philosophy) or prisca sapientia (ancient wisdom), enjoyed by Adam in Paradise and not entirely lost even after the Fall, dominated the conception of history (History, conception of) developed in terms of the teleological Christian narrative of salvation [5. 646–701] (History, theology of).
The belief in a prisca philosophia belonged to a tradition dating back to the apologetics of the Church Fathers of late antiq…