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Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition by Frances A. Yates (1991, Trade Paperback)

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PublisherUniversity of Chicago Press

ISBN-100226950077

ISBN-139780226950075

eBay Product ID (ePID)59475

Product Key Features

Number of Pages480 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameGiordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition

Publication Year1991

SubjectEurope / Renaissance, History & Surveys / Modern, History & Surveys / Renaissance, Hermetism & Rosicrucianism

FeaturesReprint

TypeTextbook

AuthorFrances A. Yates

Subject AreaBody, Mind & Spirit, Philosophy, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.7 in

Item Weight24.1 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

Dewey Edition21

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal195

Edition DescriptionReprint

Table Of ContentPreface Abbreviations I. Hermes Trismegistus II. Ficino's Pimander and the Asclepius III. Hermes Trismegistus and Magic IV. Ficino's Natural Magic V. Pico della Mirandola and Cabalist Magic VI. Pseudo-Dionysius and the Theology of a Christian Magus VII. Cornelius Agrippa's Survey of Renaissance Magic VIII. Renaissance Magic and Science IX. Against Magic: (1)Theological Objections; (2) The Humanist Tradition X. Religious Hermetism in the Sixteenth Century XI. Giordano Bruno: First Visit to Paris XII. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Reform XIII. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Philosophy XIV. Giordano Bruno and the Cabala XV. Giordano Bruno: Heroic Enthusiast and Elizabethan XVI. Giordano Bruno: Second Visit to Paris XVII. Giordano Bruno in Germany XVIII. Giordano Bruno: Last Published Work XIX. Giordano Bruno: Return to Italy XX. Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella XXI. After Hermes Trismegistus was Dated XXII. Hermes Trismegistus and the Fludd Controversies Index

SynopsisPlacing Bruno--both advanced philosopher and magician burned at the stake--in the Hermetic tradition, Yates's acclaimed study gives an overview not only of Renaissance humanism but of its interplay--and conflict--with magic and occult practices. "Among those who have explored the intellectual world of the sixteenth century no one in England can rival Miss Yates. Wherever she looks, she illuminates. Now she has looked on Bruno. This brilliant book takes time to digest, but it is an intellectual adventure to read it. Historians of ideas, of religion, and of science will study it. Some of them, after reading it, will have to think again. . . . For Miss Yates has put Bruno, for the first time, in his tradition, and has shown what that tradition was."--Hugh Trevor-Roper, New Statesman "A decisive contribution to the understanding of Giordano Bruno, this book will probably remove a great number of misrepresentations that still plague the tormented figure of the Nolan prophet."--Giorgio de Santillana, American Historical Review "Yates's book is an important addition to our knowledge of Giordano Bruno. But it is even more important, I think, as a step toward understanding the unity of the sixteenth century."--J. Bronowski, New York Review of Books, Placing Bruno-both advanced philosopher and magician burned at the stake-in the Hermetic tradition, Yates's acclaimed study gives an overview not only of Renaissance humanism but of its interplay-and conflict-with magic and occult practices. "Among those who have explored the intellectual world of the sixteenth century no one in England can rival Miss Yates. Wherever she looks, she illuminates. Now she has looked on Bruno. This brilliant book takes time to digest, but it is an intellectual adventure to read it. Historians of ideas, of religion, and of science will study it. Some of them, after reading it, will have to think again. . . . For Miss Yates has put Bruno, for the first time, in his tradition, and has shown what that tradition was."-Hugh Trevor-Roper, New Statesman "A decisive contribution to the understanding of Giordano Bruno, this book will probably remove a great number of misrepresentations that still plague the tormented figure of the Nolan prophet."-Giorgio de Santillana, American Historical Review "Yates's book is an important addition to our knowledge of Giordano Bruno. But it is even more important, I think, as a step toward understanding the unity of the sixteenth century."-J. Bronowski, New York Review of Books