Magic in Western culture : from antiquity to the Enlightenment
La 4ème de couverture indique : "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 influent...
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| التنسيق: | Livre papier |
| اللغة: | Anglais |
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Cambridge [etc.] :
Cambridge University Press
2015.
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| Autres localisations: | Voir dans le Sudoc |
جدول المحتويات:
- 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
- 11. How to do magic, and why
- 12. Nature, magic, and the art of picturing
- 13. The power of magic and the poverty of erudition
- 14. Disenchantment
- Part V. Conclusion
- 15.Who killed Dabholkar?