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Lehrich Christopher I |
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Titolo |
The language of demons and angels : Cornelius Agrippa's occult philosophy / / by Christopher I. Lehrich |
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Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2003 |
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ISBN |
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1-280-46518-2 |
9786610465187 |
1-4237-1236-6 |
90-474-0336-3 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (269 p.) |
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Collana |
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Brill's studies in intellectual history, , 0920-8607 ; ; v. 119 |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Preliminary Material -- CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCTION / Christopher Marlowe -- CHAPTER TWO: LOGOS AND NATURE / Victor Frankenstein -- CHAPTER THREE: SIGN, SIGIL, TEXT / Robert Southey -- CHAPTER FOUR: THE LANGUAGE OF DEMONS AND ANGELS / Jorge Luis Borges -- CHAPTER FIVE: CONCLUSION / Cornelius Agrippa -- APPENDIX ONE: LATIN QUOTATIONS, DE OCCULTA PHILOSOPHIA -- APPENDIX TWO: DE VANITATE ON ALCHEMY -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEX. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work is a modern study of Agrippa's occult philosophy as a coherent part of his intellectual work. It challenges traditional interpretations of Agrippa as an intellectual dilettante, and uses modern theory and philosophy o elucidate the intricacies of his thought. |
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