Transfigured light : philosophy, science, and the hermetic imaginary / / Leon Marvell

• Autore: Marvell Leon
• Pubblicazione: Bethesda, Md., : Academica Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (323 p.)
• Disciplina: 135/.45
• Soggetto topico: Hermetism; Philosophy
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgements -- CONTENTS -- Chapter 1 Introduction: Ideal Objects and Their Forebears -- Chapter 2 Spirit of the Beehive: Hermetic Resonances in Cybernetics, AI & -- 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.1
• Titolo autorizzato: Transfigured light
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910953222103321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II