IV-4 Ordinis quarti tomus quartus

IV-4 Ordinis quarti tomus quartus
Author: Tineke ter Meer
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2010-07-21
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9004216197

Erasmus' Apophthegmata present a great number of famous, pithy, remarkable sayings by famous people from Classical Antiquity. Erasmus based his Latin version of the anecdotes on famous words in Plutarch. He follows the collection of Greek sayings in Plutarch loosely, often more or less in paraphrase, but parts are almost literal translations. In the introduction (and in the notes to the Latin text) the editor makes the case that Erasmus' handling of Plutarch's texts was very much influenced by works of his fellow humanists Traversari and Filelfo.

高一志与明末西学东传研究

高一志与明末西学东传研究
Author: 金文兵
Publisher:
Total Pages: 262
Release: 2015
Genre: China
ISBN:

本书以耶稣会士高一志译著为主要研究对象, 在对高一志生平, 著述进行全面考察的基础上, 重点呈现"后利玛窦时期"(1610-1640)所传西学的规模, 来源及影响.全书分为四章, 内容包括:高一志生平及著述考订, 高一志著述与西方古典文学, 高一志著述与亚里士多德自然哲学, 高一志义礼西学初探.

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy
Author: Donald Tyson
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 240
Release: 2009
Genre: Occultism
ISBN: 0738718769

The Fourth Book of Occult Philosophy, by Henry Cornelius Agrippa and unnamed others, is considered one of the cornerstones of Western magic, and the grimoires it contains are among the most important that exist in the Western tradition. For more than three hundred years, this mysterious tome has been regarded as difficult or even impossible to understand--until now. Occult scholar Donald Tyson presents a fully annotated, corrected, and modernized edition of Stephen Skinner's 1978 facsimile edition of the original work, which was six tracts published as one volume in 1655. For the first time, these classic works of Western magic have been rendered fully accessible to the novice practitioner, as well as occult scholars and skilled magicians. Tyson presents clear instruction and practical insight on a variety of magic techniques, providing contemporary magicians with a working grimoire of the arcane. Astrology History Geomancy Ceremonial Magic The Nature of Spirits, Angels, and Demons Geomantic Astronomy Necromancy Invocation and Evocation of Spirits

The Book of Chess

The Book of Chess
Author: Jacobus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2008
Genre: Art
ISBN:

"An English translation of the most popular medieval book on chess, which uses the history of the games, its players and their moves as the basis for a discourse on life comprised of tales and anecdotes from a wide variety of ancient and medieval literary sources"--Provided by publisher.

Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages

Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages
Author: John O. Ward
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 724
Release: 2018-12-24
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 9004368078

Classical Rhetoric in the Middle Ages: The Medieval Rhetors and Their Art 400-1300, with Manuscript Survey to 1500 CE is a completely updated version of John Ward’s much-used doctoral thesis of 1972, and is the definitive treatment of this fundamental aspect of medieval and rhetorical culture. It is commonly believed that medieval writers were interested only in Christian truth, not in Graeco-Roman methods of ‘persuasion’ to whatever viewpoint the speaker / writer wanted. Dr Ward, however, investigates the content of well over one thousand medieval manuscripts and shows that medieval writers were fully conscious of and much dependent upon Graeco-Roman rhetorical methods of persuasion. The volume then demonstrates why and to what purpose this use of classical rhetoric took place.

A Companion to Joachim of Fiore

A Companion to Joachim of Fiore
Author: Matthias Riedl
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2017-10-23
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004339663

Joachim of Fiore (c.1135-1202) remains one of the most fascinating and enigmatic figures of medieval Christianity. In his own time, he was an influential advisor to the mighty and powerful, widely respected for his prophetic exegesis and decoding of the apocalypse. In modern times, many thinkers, from Thomas Müntzer to Friedrich Engels, have hailed him as a prophet of progress and revolution. Even present-day theologians, philosophers and novelists were inspired by Joachim’s vision of a Third Age of the Holy Spirit. However, at no time was Joachim an uncontroversial figure. Soon after his death, the church authorities became suspicious about the explosive potential of his theology, while more recently historians held him accountable for the fateful progressivism of Western Civilization. Contributors are: Frances Andrews, Valeria De Fraja, Alfredo Gatto, Peter Gemeinhardt, Sven Grosse, Massimo Iiritano, Bernard McGinn, Matthias Riedl, and Brett Edward Whalen.

Oxf. Hist. Soc

Oxf. Hist. Soc
Author: Oxford Historical Society (Oxford, England)
Publisher:
Total Pages: 436
Release: 1924
Genre: Oxford (England)
ISBN: