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The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy
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Product Details
Author:
Liana Saif
Format:
Hardcover
Pages:
288
Publisher:
Palgrave Macmillan (September 30, 2015)
Language:
English
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
ISBN-13:
9781137399465
ISBN-10:
1137399465
Weight:
16oz
Dimensions:
5.5" x 8.78" x 0.925"
Case Pack:
40
Series:
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
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Macmillan Trade-macmillan_us_academic_onix21-2015-1213-20151213.xml
Folder:
Macmillan Trade
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Overview
The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy introduces Arabic medieval astrological and magical theories formulated mainly in The Great Introduction to the Judgements of the Stars by Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi (787-886), De radiis by Ya'qub ibn Ishaq al-Kindi (801-873), and the Picatrix by Maslama al-Qurtubi (d. 964). Liana Saif investigates their influence on early modern occult philosophy, particularly the works of Marsilio Ficino (1433-1499), Pico della Mirandola (1463-1494), and John Dee (1527-c. 1608). The Arabic theories of astral influences provided a naturalistic explanation of astral influences and magical efficacy based on Aristotelian notions of causality. In addition, this book explores how this causality was reconciled with astrological hermeneutics, Neoplatonic emanationism, and Platonic eschatology, thus demonstrating the complexity of early modern occult philosophy and its syncretism.
