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6Is a metaphysical recipe for magic, for drawing power down from that super-celestial Idea. 76 The World Soul made the figures that we see in the heavens; figures are patterns of stars and planets joined by rays of light and force emitted by heavenly bodies. Stored in these celestial structures are all lower species. The (review)In James Hankins (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 155. 2007.
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5Edward Peters, "The Magician, the Witch, and the Law" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 19 (4): 502. 1981.
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4Recherches sur une technique divinatoire: La geomancie dans l'occident medievalTherese Charmasson (review)Isis 73 (2): 309-309. 1982.
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32Luciano Parinetto, "Magia e ragione: Una polemica sulla streghe in Italia intorno al 1750" (review)Journal of the History of Philosophy 17 (1): 98. 1979.
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6As it causes the species of what is artificially made and gets power from the stars.''94 SinceFicino cites several texts by Thomas about magicand images, includ-ing the one that describes images as quasi-substantial forms and thus quasi-natural, his failure to make more of this attractive argument is puzzlingIn James Hankins (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 159. 2007.
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44The historiography of discovery in the renaissance: The sources and composition of polydore Vergil's de inventoribus rerum, I-IIIJournal of the Warburg and Courtauld Institutes 41 (1): 192-214. 1978.
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8Many little starlike dots in a row,''was probably a calcified marine fossil–a crinoid stem (Fig. 8.5). Soaked with strong vinegar, the apparently lifeless stone bubbled and moved about, giving a striking demonstration of power. In the stone's markings and motions, Ficino saw the tracks of Draco, a celestial source for the object's liveliness. The dragon-stone fascinated him (review)In James Hankins (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 152. 2007.
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76Jewish theologies of space in the scientific revolution: Henry More, Joseph Raphson, Isaac Newton and their predecessorsAnnals of Science 37 (5): 489-548. 1980.(1980). Jewish theologies of space in the scientific revolution: Henry More, Joseph Raphson, Isaac Newton and their predecessors. Annals of Science: Vol. 37, No. 5, pp. 489-548
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40From Kant to Croce: Modern Philosophy in Italy, 1800-1950University of Toronto Press. 2012.From around 1800, shortly before Pasquale Galluppi's first book, until 1950, just before Benedetto Croce died, the most formative influences on Italian philosophers were Kant and the post-Kantians, especially Hegel. In many ways, the Italian philosophers of this period lived in turbulent but creative times, from the Restoration to the Risorgimento and the rise and fall of Fascism. From Kant to Croce is a comprehensive, highly readable history of the main currents and major figures of modern Ital…Read more
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2On DiscoveryHarvard University Press. 2002.On Discovery became a key reference for anyone who wanted to know about "firsts" in theology, philosophy, science, technology, literature, language, law, material culture, and other fields. Polydore took his information from dozens of Greek, Roman, biblical, and Patristic authorities. His main point was to show that many Greek and Roman claims for discovery were false and that ancient Jews or other Asian peoples had priority.
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9Science and philosophy in early modern Europe: The historiographical significance of the work of Charles B. SchmittAnnals of Science 44 (5): 507-517. 1987.In his many contributions to the history of science and the history of philosophy, the late Charles Schmitt demonstrated the interdependence of these two spheres of thought in early modern Europe. Schmitt was particularly insistent on a large and positive role for Aristotelian philosophy in the development of early modern science
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26How to do magic, and why: philosophical prescriptionsIn James Hankins (ed.), The Cambridge Companion to Renaissance Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 137. 2007.
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33A Tale Of Two Fishes: Magical Objects In Natural History From Antiquity Through The Scientific RevolutionJournal of the History of Ideas 52 (3): 373-398. 1991.
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