02762nam 2200541Ia 450 991095322210332120251116231006.0(CKB)1000000000522740(OCoLC)213305751(CaPaEBR)ebrary10178039(SSID)ssj0000284960(PQKBManifestationID)11235475(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000284960(PQKBWorkID)10261983(PQKB)11324261(MiAaPQ)EBC3110345(Au-PeEL)EBL3110345(CaPaEBR)ebr10178039(OCoLC)922977568(BIP)13467229(EXLCZ)99100000000052274020070409d2007 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrTransfigured light philosophy, science, and the hermetic imaginary /Leon MarvellBethesda, Md. Academica Press20071 online resource (323 p.) Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph1-933146-27-3 Includes bibliographical references and index.Intro -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Ideal Objects and Their Forebears -- Chapter 2 Spirit of the Beehive: Hermetic Resonances in Cybernetics, AI &amp -- Cyberspace -- Chapter 3 Body Doubles -- Chapter 4 Metaphysical Geometry, Alien Attractors and the Shape of the World Soul -- Chapter 5 The Gnostic Alchemy of Robert Fludd -- Chapter 6 The Gnostic Leibniz, or What is it Like to be an Atom? -- Bibliography -- Index.An original research monograph that investigates and re examines the ideas generated by the Hermetic tradition (the hermetic imaginary) to discuss the effects of this tradition on philosophy and science. Author posits several elements of the hermetic imaginary that have been influential in modern philosophy and science.Table of contents:Chapter1: Spirit of the Beehive: Hermetic Resonances in Cybernetics, AI and CyberspaceChapter2: Body DoublesChapter3: Metaphysical Geometry, Cyber-Attractors and the Shape of the World SoulChapter4: The Gnostic Chemistry of Robert FluddChapter5: The Gnostic LeibnizChapter6: History Examines a Tradition" ....Highly recommended...an original and valuable contribution to the intellectual history of the West."Professor Paul du Quenoy, AUCHistory and Ideas Series, No.1HermetismPhilosophyHermetism.Philosophy.135/.45Marvell Leon1870030MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910953222103321Transfigured light4478350UNINA