Book ID: CBB831217904

Magic in Western Culture: From Antiquity to the Enlightenment (2015)

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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, Aquinas, Agrippa, Pomponazzi, Porta, Bruno, Campanella, Descartes, Boyle, Leibniz, and Newton, to name only a few of the prominent thinkers discussed in this book. Because pictures play a key role in the story of magic, this book is richly illustrated.

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Authors & Contributors
Verardi, Donato
Bertolini, Manuel
Zambelli, Paola
Trabucco, Oreste
Schulte, Rolf
Saito, Fumikazu
Concepts
Natural magic
Occult sciences
Magic
Witchcraft; demonology
Philosophy
Natural philosophy
Time Periods
Renaissance
16th century
17th century
Early modern
Ancient
Medieval
Places
Italy
Naples (Italy)
Europe
Middle and Near East
Atlantic Ocean
Spain
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