Overview

Giordano Bruno is known as the Prophet of the New Age, and his vision of an infinite universe grounded in science is increasingly celebrated. One of the principal forces behind his rediscovery was the great British historian Frances Yates. In calling attention to Giordono Bruno, she paved the way for a revaluation of the esoteric influences at play during the onset of the modern era. Today, when traditional answers about the universe and our place within it are under increasing scrutiny, Giordono Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition proves itself a true classic for our time.

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Author:   Frances Yates ,  J.B. Trapp
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Edition:   2nd edition
Weight:   1.170kg
ISBN:  

9781138128835

ISBN 10:   113812883
Pages:   544
Publication Date:   29 September 2015
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface, Abbreviations, Introduction J. B. Trapp 1. Hermes Trismegistus 2. Ficino’s Pimander and the Asclepius 3. Hermes Trismegistus and Magic 4. Ficino’s Natural Magic 5. Pico della Mirandola and Cabalist Magic 6. Pseudo-Dionysius and the Theology of a Christian Magus 7. Cornelius Agrippa’s Survey of Renaissance Magic 8. Renaissance Magic and Science 9. Against Magic: (1) Theological Objections; (2) The Humanist Tradition 10. Religious Hermetism in the Sixteenth Century 11. Giordano Bruno: First Visit to Paris 12. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Reform 13. Giordano Bruno in England: The Hermetic Philosophy 14. Giordano Bruno and the Cabala 15. Giordano Bruno: Heroic Enthusiast and Elizabethan 16. Giordano Bruno: Second Visit to Paris 17. Giordano Bruno in Germany 18. Giordano Bruno: Last Published Work 19. Giordano Bruno: Return to Italy 20. Giordano Bruno and Tommaso Campanella 21. After Hermes Trismegistus was Dated 22. Hermes Trismegistus and the Fludd Controversies. Index

Reviews

'This brilliant book takes time to digest, but it is an intellectual adventure to read it.' - Hugh Trevor-Roper, The New Statesman 'Explodes the idea that the intellectual foundations of the Renaissance were exclusively logical and coherent, and lets back the mysterious into history' - BBC History Magazine

'This brilliant book takes time to digest, but it is an intellectual adventure to read it.' - Hugh Trevor-Roper, The New Statesman 'Explodes the idea that the intellectual foundations of the Renaissance were exclusively logical and coherent, and lets back the mysterious into history' - BBC History Magazine 'Explodes the idea that the intellectual foundations of the Renaissance were exclusively logical and coherent, and lets back the mysterious into history.' - BBC History Magazine '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. That will be no bad thing.' - The New Statesman

'This brilliant book takes time to digest, but it is an intellectual adventure to read it.' - Hugh Trevor-Roper, The New Statesman 'Explodes the idea that the intellectual foundations of the Renaissance were exclusively logical and coherent, and lets back the mysterious into history' - BBC History Magazine

Author Information

Dame Frances Yates (1899-1981). Brought about the revival of interest in the historical role of the occult sciences.

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