Hermetic Philosophy
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The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical 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 called 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 philosophy of Plato, Plotinus and others in the Platonic tradition. This new translation is the only English version based on reliable texts of the Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius. Professor Copen- haver’s introduction and notes provide a context of interpretation taking into account recent advances in Hermetic scholarship, making this accessible edition an indispensable resource to scholars in ancient philosophy and religion, early Christianity, Renaissance literature and history, the history of science, and the occultist tradition i…
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laube und Gnosis in Corpus Hermeticum XIII (Texte und Untersuchungen zur Geschichte der altchristlichen Literatur, 110), Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1971. Tröger (1973) Tröger. “Die hermetische Gnosis,” in GNT: 97–119. Tröger (1978) Tröger. “On Investigating the Hermetic Documents Contained in Nag Hammadi Codex VI: The Present State of Research,” in NHG: 117–21. TWP Peter Dronke, ed. A History of Twelfth-Century Western Philosophy, Cambridge University Press, 1988. UEE E. Castelli, ed. Umanesimo e esoterismo (Archivio di filosofia, 2–3), Padua: CEDAM, 1960. Van Den Broek (1978) R. Van Den Broek. “Four Coptic Fragments of a Greek Theosophy,” Vigiliae Christianae, 32 (1978): 118–42. Van Moorsel, Mysteries G. Van Moorsel. The Mysteries of Hermes Trismegistus: A Phénoménologie Study in the Process of Spiritualisation in the Corpus Hermeticum and Latin Asclepius (Studia Theologica Rheno-Traiectina,l), Utrecht: Kemink, 1955. Van Rinsveld (1985) B. Van Rinsfeld. “La Version copte de YAsclépius e…
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lia Ruiz de Alarcón 13, 28014 Madrid, Spain Dock House, The Waterfront, Cape Town 8001, South Africa http://www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521361446 © Cambridge University Press 1992 This book is in copyright. Subject to statutory exception and to the provisions of relevant collective licensing agreements, no reproduction of any part may take place without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. First published 1992 Reprinted 1994 (twice) First paperback edition 1995 Reprinted 1997, 1998, 2000 A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloguing in Publication data Hermetica: the Greek Corpus Hermeticum and the Latin Asclepius in a new English translation, with notes and introduction / Brian P. Copenhaver. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0 521 36144 3 1. Hermeticism. I. Copenhaver, Brian P. II. Corpus Hermeticum. English. 1992. III. Hermes, Trismegistus. Asclep…
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