The article sets Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim and his thought in the context of the Transalpine humanism. Against this background, compatibility of Agrippa’s two major works De occulta philosophia and De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum is explored. Similar attention is paid to the analysis of two extreme positions of Agrippa’s personality: he is often perceived as a magician and a sceptic as well. The author argues that these two positions do not necessarily exclude each other…
Read moreThe article sets Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim and his thought in the context of the Transalpine humanism. Against this background, compatibility of Agrippa’s two major works De occulta philosophia and De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum is explored. Similar attention is paid to the analysis of two extreme positions of Agrippa’s personality: he is often perceived as a magician and a sceptic as well. The author argues that these two positions do not necessarily exclude each other, which is demonstrated on the example of his defence of a putative witch. © 2016 FILOSOFIA.
