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The language of demons and angels : Cornelius Agrippa's occult philosophy / by Christopher I. Lehrich.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lehrich, Christopher I.
- Series:
- Brill's studies in intellectual history ; v. 119.
- Brill's studies in intellectual history, 0920-8607 ; v. 119
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Occultism.
- Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius, 1486-1535.
- Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2003.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [239]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-280-46518-2
- 9786610465187
- 1-4237-1236-6
- 90-474-0336-3
- OCLC:
- 171583292
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789047403364 DOI
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