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19On 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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59Science 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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1Astrology and magicIn C. B. Schmitt, Quentin Skinner, Eckhard Kessler & Jill Kraye (eds.), The Cambridge History of Renaissance Philosophy, Cambridge University Press. pp. 264--300. 1988.
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86Sacralizing the Secular: The Renaissance Origins of ModernityJournal of the History of Philosophy 28 (4): 611-613. 1990.
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2Maimonides, abulafia and pico. A secret Aristotle for the renaissanceRinascimento 46 23-51. 2006.
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51Hermetica: The Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a New English Translation, with Notes and Introduction (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 1991.The Hermetica are a body of mystical texts written in late antiquity, but believed during the Renaissance (when they became well known) to be much older. Their supposed author, a mythical figure named Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses. The Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the revealed wisdom of the Bible, supporting Biblical revelation and culminating in the Platonic philosophical tradition. This new translation is the only English…Read more
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33As 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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133Ten Arguments in Search of a Philosopher: Averroes and Aquinas in Ficino's Platonic TheologyVivarium 47 (4): 444-479. 2009.In book 15 of his Platonic Theology on the Immortality of the Soul, Marsilio Ficino names Averroes and the Averroists as his opponents, though he does not say which particular Averroists he has in mind. The key position that Ficino attributes to Averroes—that the Intellect is not the substantial form of the body—is not one that Averroes holds explicitly, though he does claim explicitly that the Intellect is not a body or a power in a body. Ficino's account of what Averroes said about the soul's …Read more
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42Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the EnlightenmentCambridge University Press. 2015.The story of the beliefs and practices called 'magic' starts in ancient Iran, Greece, and Rome, before entering its crucial Christian phase in the Middle Ages. Centering on the Renaissance and Marsilio Ficino - whose work on magic was the most influential account written in premodern times - this groundbreaking book treats magic as a classical tradition with foundations that were distinctly philosophical. Besides Ficino, the premodern story of magic also features Plotinus, Iamblichus, Proclus, A…Read more
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27Is 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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56Recherches sur une technique divinatoire: La geomancie dans l'occident medievalTherese Charmasson (review)Isis 73 (2): 309-309. 1982.
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