Hermetica

Hermetica
Author: Brian P. Copenhaver
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 410
Release: 1995-10-12
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780521425438

The Hermetica are a body of theological-philosophical texts written in late antiquity, but long believed to be much older. Their supposed author, Hermes Trismegistus, was thought to be a contemporary of Moses, and the Hermetic philosophy was regarded as an ancient theology, parallel to the received wisdom of the Bible. This first English translation based on reliable texts, together with Brian P. Copenhaver's comprehensive introduction, provide an indispensable resource to scholars in ancient philosophy and religion, early Christianity, Renaissance literature, and history, the history of science, and the occultist tradition in which the Hermetica have become canonical texts.

The Armistead Family

The Armistead Family
Author: Virginia Armistead Garber
Publisher:
Total Pages: 342
Release: 1910
Genre: Reference
ISBN:

The search of data and incidents, relating to the Armistead family, has necessitated a great deal of reading, besides literal digging into the records of various counties and the Land Office, disciphering old tombstones, and visiting the sites of old homes and original grants. The drudgery, the weariness of it all, is forgotten, but the charm and romance of those early days linger with us, like some tender, bewitching dream, that we would fane keep fresh in the memory of those of the family, who may not have the same opportunity for the study of Virginia's Colonial history. -- Foreword.

The Christian Muse

The Christian Muse
Author: ROBERT. POOLE
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Total Pages: 54
Release: 2018-04-19
Genre:
ISBN: 9781379690801

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars. Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++ The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library T030664 Theophilus Philanthropos = Robert Poole. Verse. London: printed ann. Dom. 1740. And are to be had at Mr. Duncomb's, [1740]. [2], iv, vi, [1],12-50p.; 8°

Themistius and the Imperial Court

Themistius and the Imperial Court
Author: John Vanderspoel
Publisher: University of Michigan Press
Total Pages: 348
Release: 1995
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780472104857

The conflict between duty and individual freedom