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Hermes Trismegistus: see Hermetic books Hermetic books, ancient metaphysical works dealing essentially with the idea of the complete community of all beings and objects. Authorship of the books was attributed to the Egyptian god of wisdom, Thoth, whose name was sometimes translated into Greek as Hermes ..... Click the link for more information. . How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Magia, alchimia, scienza dal '400 al '700: L'influsso di Ermete Trismegisto / Magic, Alchemy and Science: The Influence of Hermes Trismegistus. They analyze Ficino's exegesis of other dialogues such as the Ion (15), the Timaeus (11), and the Parmenides (8, 10); or they treat particular themes in Ficino's thought such as his theory of the soul and the five substances (1, 8), his demonology (14), his exposition of the Hercules myth (13), or his relationship to Hermes Trismegistus (12). And in the concluding three sections I will propose that Descartes's thought took shape as an itinerary across a discursive field structured not only by the scholastic texts to which modern Cartesian scholarship has so insistently drawn attention, but also (and decisively) by two diametrically opposed groups of texts: the "philosophical" writings attributed to Hermes Trismegistus and the theological writings of Jean Calvin. |
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