The Language of Demons and Angels

Cornelius Agrippa's Occult Philosophy
Erscheinungsjahr 2003
ISBN: 978-90-04-13574-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 119, 260 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 248 mm, Gewicht: 594 g

Reihe: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History

This is the first modern study of Agrippa’s occult philosophy as a coherent part of his intellectual work. By demonstrating his sophistication, it challenges traditional interpretations of Agrippa as an intellectual dilettante, and uses modern theory and philosophy to elucidate the intricacies of his thought. It also argues for a new, interdisciplinary approach to magic and its place within early modern culture, using a transhistorical conversational model to understand and interpret the texts.
The analysis walks the reader through the text of De occulta philosophia, Agrippa’s 1533 masterpiece, explicating the often hidden structure and argument of the work.
This volume will especially interest early modern intellectual historians, historians of religions, and scholars interested in the history of linguistic philosophy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Lehrich, Christopher I

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Religionsphilosophie, Philosophische Theologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Okkultismus und andere religiöse Praktiken

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements
Abbreviations
List of Illustrations

1. Introduction
2. Logos and nature
3. Sign, Sigil, Text
4. The Language of Demons and Angels
5. Conclusion

Appendix I. Latin Quotations, De occulta philosophia
Appendix II. De vanitate on Alchemy

Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Christopher I. Lehrich, Ph.D. (2000) in History of Culture, University of Chicago, is Instructor in the College of Arts and Sciences at Boston University.