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1 online resource (387 pages) |
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Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy |
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Routledge Library Editions: Alchemy
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Cover; JOHN DEE'S NATURAL PHILOSOPHY: Between Science and Religion; Copyright; CONTENTS; ILLUSTRATIONS; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; I JOHN DEE AND RENAISSANCE INTELLECTUAL HISTORY; Part One THE PROPAEDEUMATA APHORISTICA, 1558; II 'OUTLANDISH AND HOMISH STUDIES AND EXERCISES PHILOSOPHICALL'; CAMBRIDGE AND LOUVAIN; PATRONAGE AND PRIVATE STUDY; III THE OUTSTANDING VIRTUES OF NATURE; ASTROLOGY; ASTROLOGICAL PHYSICS AND OPTICS; OPTICS, MATHEMATICS, AND NATURE; OPTICS, MAGIC, AND EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; CONCLUSION; Part Two THE MONAS HIEROGLYPHICA, 1564; IV THE HIEROGLYPHICS OF NATURE |
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THE ARBOR RARITATIS AND HIEROGLYPHICAL WRITINGTHE ALPHABET OF NATURE; THE DISCOURSE OF ALCHEMY; THE WRITING OF THINGS; V THE GREAT METAPHYSICAL REVOLUTION; APHORISMS AND THEOREMS; THE OFFICE OF THE ADEPT; THE UNITY OF KNOWLEDGE AND THE ANCIENT THEOLOGY; MAGIA; Part Three THE MATHEMATICALL PRAEFACE, 1570; VI VIA MATHEMATICA; 'THYNGES MATHEMATICALL'; PHILOSOPHY, MATHEMATICS, AND TECHNOLOGY; PHILOSOPHY, MATHEMATICS, AND SCIENCE; PHILOSOPHY, MATHEMATICS, AND MAGIC; ARCHEMASTRIE; VII THE VAGARIES OF PATRONAGE, 1565-1583; EXPLORATION AND IMPERIAL IDEOLOGY; ARISTOTLE IN SEARCH OF ALEXANDER |
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Part Four THE LIBRI MYSTERIORUM, 1583-1589VIII THE MYSTICAL AND SUPERMETAPHYSICAL PHILOSOPHY; DEE, KELLEY, AND THE SPIRITS; THE BOOKS OF ENOCH; THE PROPHETS OF PRAGUE; IX CONCLUSION; JOHN DEE; MAGIC AND THE OCCULT IN THE RENAISSANCE; NOTES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX |
| Summary |
This is the definitive study of John Dee and his intellectual career. Originally published in 1988, this interpretation is far more detailed than any that came before and is an authoritative account for anyone interested in the history, literature and scientific developments of the Renaissance, or the occult. John Dee has fascinated successive generations. Mathematician, scientist, astrologer and magus at the court of Elizabeth I, he still provokes controversy. To some he is the genius whose contributions to navigation made possible the feats of Elizabethan explorers and colonists, to |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Dee, John, 1527-1608.
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| SUBJECT |
Dee, John, 1527-1608. fast (OCoLC)fst00030118 |
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Hermetism -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Occultism -- England -- History -- 16th century
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Hermetism.
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Occultism.
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England.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781136183072 |
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1136183078 |
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