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Henry Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535)

Auteur de Three Books of Occult Philosophy

37 oeuvres 1,543 utilisateurs 17 critiques 11 Favoris

A propos de l'auteur

Born in Cologne, Germany, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim lived a life that combined action and adventure with scholarly pursuits. His early career was spent as a secretary and diplomat for the Holy Roman Emperor. Missions to Paris and London brought him into contact with new intellectual afficher plus movements, and he immersed himself in the study of philosophy and theology. He learned Hebrew in order to read the Jewish cabalistic literature. His first great written work, The Occult Philosophy (De occulta philosophia), completed 1509-10 is a compendium offering a mystical interpretation of nature through such arcane methods as cabalistic manipulation of Hebrew words and Pythagorean numerology. It quickly established itself as a major handbook of Renaissance magic and deeply influenced such thinkers as Giordano Bruno. In the years following the writing of De occulta philosophia, Agrippa served as a soldier, lawyer, physician, and theologian. A virulent critic of the clergy and of scholastic theology, he engaged in bitter exchanges with theologically conservative opponents over his religious attitudes. Agrippa's own position lay between the intellectual reformism of Erasmus and the outright break with Catholicism represented by Martin Luther. However, Agrippa later moved away from his early confidence in the magical and mystical methods to an unquestioning biblical faith. Agrippa's most important later work Of the Vanitie and uncertaintie of artes and sciences (De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium) was published at Antwerp in 1530. In the work, Agrippa advocates a thoroughgoing rejection of learning and intellectual attainment in favor of a simple religious piety. That belief came to play an important role in the Renaissance revival of the skeptical tradition of antiquity. Shortly after the appearance of De incertitudine, Agrippa was imprisoned for heresy and died in exile in Grenoble, France. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Crédit image: Cornelius Agrippa, 1538.

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Œuvres de Henry Cornelius Agrippa

Three Books of Occult Philosophy (1531) 865 exemplaires
The Ladies' Oracle (1840) 56 exemplaires
Die magischen Werke (1921) 28 exemplaires
The vanity of arts and sciences (2009) 21 exemplaires
Numerología oculta (2003) 3 exemplaires
Of Astronomical Geomancy (2010) 1 exemplaire
Dating - the missing manual (2012) 1 exemplaire
BLP's Agrippa Book I 1 exemplaire
BLP's Agrippa Book II 1 exemplaire
BLP's Agrippa Book IV 1 exemplaire

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Nom légal
Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius
Autres noms
Agrippa of Nettesheim, Henry Cornelius
Date de naissance
1486-09-14
Date de décès
1535-02-18
Lieu de sépulture
Grenoble, France
Sexe
male
Nationalité
Germany
Lieu de naissance
Cologne, Holy Roman Empire
Lieu du décès
Grenoble, France
Lieux de résidence
Holy Roman Empire
France
Spain
Italy
Études
University of Cologne
Studied with Johannes Trihemius
Professions
professor
Judge of the Prerogative Court
author
scholar
lawyer
soldier (tout afficher 9)
theologian
alchemist
magician
Relations
Trihemius, Johannes (Kommilitone)
Organisations
Lecturer at the University of Dole, France
Lecturer at the University of Pavia
Prix et distinctions
Knight of the Holy Roman Empire
Courte biographie
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (most often referred to by the Latinate appellation Cornelius Agrippa, sometimes Anglicized as Henry Cornelius Agrippa) was an occult writer, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist. His writings on magic and occult philosophy were a significant influence on the later work of Giordano Bruno and John Dee, and thus came to underpin much of the Western esoteric tradition.

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I heavily suggest reading this book alongside Poel, Marc van der. Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations / by Marc van Der Poel. Leiden [etc: Brill, 1997.

Agrippa, disciple of Trithemius was a rare defender of the female sex in these days, so all his arguments need to be put in socio-historical context.

His own wife perished in the black death plague, as he was desperately attempting to find a cure to this illness as a renown plague-doctor, and with the help of his assistant, supposedly - he found one, yet this is shrouded in legend.… (plus d'informations)
 
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Saturnin.Ksawery | 3 autres critiques | Jan 12, 2024 |
This is a very amazing new translation into English; one of the first in over 350 years. The translation is great, the books are gorgeous, and the translator is to be commended.
 
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earneson | 8 autres critiques | Apr 20, 2022 |
I heavily suggest reading this book alongside Poel, Marc van der. Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations / by Marc van Der Poel. Leiden [etc: Brill, 1997.

Agrippa, disciple of Trithemius was a rare defender of the female sex in these days, so all his arguments need to be put in socio-historical context.

His own wife perished in the black death plague, as he was desperately attempting to find a cure to this illness as a renown plague-doctor, and with the help of his assistant, supposedly - he found one, yet this is shrouded in legend.… (plus d'informations)
 
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SaturninCorax | 3 autres critiques | Sep 27, 2021 |
I tried to bury the claws of a crab under the sand, but no scorpions came out of it. I want my time back.
 
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Vertumnus | 8 autres critiques | Jul 22, 2021 |

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Œuvres
37
Membres
1,543
Popularité
#16,694
Évaluation
4.1
Critiques
17
ISBN
107
Langues
9
Favoris
11

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