Magic in Western culture from antiquity to the Enlightenment
"The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino - whose work on magic was the most influential account written in premodern...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York, NY :
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| Colección: | CUP ebooks.
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| Acceso en línea: | Conectar con la versión electrónica |
| Ver en Universidad de Navarra: | https://innopac.unav.es/record=b39766706*spi |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Part I. Introduction: 1. The scruples of J.G. Frazer; 2. Magic as a classical tradition and its philosophical foundations
- Part II. Mageia: 3. Ancient philosophy in Ficino's magic: Plotinus; 4. Ancient philosophy in Ficinio's magic: Neoplatonism and the Chaldaean Oracles; 5. Ancient philosophy in Ficino's magic : Hermes and Proclus; 6. Scholastic philosophy in Ficino's magic; 7. Data: a tale of two fish
- Part III. Hermetica: 8. Hermes the theologian; 9. Hermes domesticated; 10. Hermes on parade
- Part IV. Magic Revived and Rejected: How to do magic, and why; Nature, magic, and the art of picturing; The power of magic and the poverty of erudition; Disenchantment; Part V. Conclusion; Who killed Dabholkar?
