Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition: Frances

ISBN-13: 9781138128835 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 544 str.

Frances Yates

Opis

In 1600, renagade philosopher and theologian Giordano Bruno was burnt at the stake in Rome. His crime was to preach a doctrine of brotherhood, peace and free love. Four centuries later, he is known as the Prophet of the New Age.

Spis treści

Preface Abbreviations Introduction J. B. Trapp 1. Hermes Trismegistus 2. Ficino’s Pimander and the Asclepius 3. Hermes Trismegistus and Magic 4. Ficino’s Natural Magic 5. Pico della Mirandola and Cabalist Magic 6. Pseudo-Dionysius and the Theology of a Christian Magus 7. Cornelius Agrippa’s Survey of Renaissance Magic 8. Renaissance Magic and Science 9. Against Magic: (1) Theological Objections; (2) The Humanist Tradition 10. Religious Hermetism in the Sixteenth Century 11. Giordano Bruno: First Visit to Paris 12. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Reform 13. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Philosophy 14. Giordano Bruno and the Cabala 15. Giordano Bruno: Heroic Enthusiast and Elizabethan 16. Giordano Bruno: Second Visit to Paris 17. Giordano Bruno in Germany 18. Giordano Bruno: Last Published Work 19. Giordano Bruno: Return to Italy 20. Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella 21. After Hermes Trismegistus was Dated 22. Hermes Trismegistus and the Fludd Controversies. Index

O autorze

Dame Frances Yates (1899-1981). Brought about the revival of interest in the historical role of the occult sciences.