Giordano Bruno and the Hermedic Tradition
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780226950037 (0226950034)
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Biography,
History,
Cultural,
Italy,
Science,
Religion,
Philosophy,
History Of Science,
Occult,
Magick,
Esoterica
Yates' classic study of the 'Renaissance magus' Giordano Bruno left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand, the book is full of relevant information and insights into the world of esoteric thought in the Renaissance, and this makes it an essential read for students of hermeticism in the premodern p...
This book was revolutionary at the time of its publication because Yates rejected the imposition of 20th century categories on earlier periods. Those who studied Bruno's scientific and mathematical advances ignored his interest in magic and mysticism, and vice versa. Yates surmounted this division a...
16 years ago
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