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The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy Liana Saif

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy By Liana Saif

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy by Liana Saif

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Investigating the impact of Arabic medieval astrological and magical theories on early modern occult philosophy, this book argues that they provided a naturalistic explanation of astral influences and magical efficacy based on Aristotelian notions of causality.

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy Summary

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy by Liana Saif

Investigating the impact of Arabic medieval astrological and magical theories on early modern occult philosophy, this book argues that they provided a naturalistic explanation of astral influences and magical efficacy based on Aristotelian notions of causality.

About Liana Saif

Liana Saif is British Academy postdoctoral fellow at the Oriental Institute in the University of Oxford (St. Cross College), UK. She is interested in Western and Islamic occult thought and the exchange of esoteric ideas between the two worlds. As part of her current project entitled 'On the Margins of Orthodoxy: Magic in Medieval Islam,' Saif is preparing an English translation of the Arabic magic compendium Ghayat al-hakim known as the Picatrix.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1. Arabic Theories of Astral Influences: Abu Ma'shar al-Balkhi 2. Arabic Theories of Astral Magic: The De radiis and the Picatrix 3. Textual and Intellectual Reception of Arabic Astral Theories in the Twelfth Century 4. Magic in the Thirteenth Century: Albertus Magnus, Thomas Aquinas and Roger Bacon 5. Early Modern Astral Magic: Marsilio Ficino 6. True Magic and Astrology of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola 7. The Magic and Astrology of John Dee 8. Celestial Souls and Cosmic Daemons Conclusion

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NPB9781137399465
9781137399465
1137399465
The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy by Liana Saif
Liana Saif
Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2015-09-29
277
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