| Description |
xiv, 466 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Hermes trismegistus -- Ficino's Pimander and the Asclepius -- Hermes Trismegistus and magic -- Ficino's natural magic -- Pico della Mirandola and cabalist magic -- Pseudo-Dionysius and the theology of a Christian magus -- Cornelius Agrippa's survey of renaissance magic -- Menaissance magic and science -- Aginst magic: (1) theological objections; (2) the humanist tradition -- Religious hermetism in the Sixteenth century -- Giordano Brun: first visit to Paris -- Giordano Bruno in England: the hermetic reform -- Giordano Bruno in England: the hermetic philosophy -- Giordano Bruno and the cabala -- Giordano Bruno: heroic enthusiast and Elizabethan -- Giordano Bruno: second visit to Paris -- Giordano Bruno in Germany -- Giordano Bruno: last published work -- Giordano Bruno: return to Italy -- Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella -- After Hermes Trismegistus was dated -- Hermes Trismegistus and the Fludd controversies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Bruno, Giordano, 1548-1600.
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Occultism -- History.
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Occultism -- history.
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| LC no. |
64010094 |
| ISBN |
0710023375 |
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9780710023377 |
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