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Henry Cornelius Agrippa (1486–1535)

Auteur van Three Books of Occult Philosophy

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Born in Cologne, Germany, Henry Cornelius Agrippa of Nettesheim lived a life that combined action and adventure with scholarly pursuits. His early career was spent as a secretary and diplomat for the Holy Roman Emperor. Missions to Paris and London brought him into contact with new intellectual toon meer movements, and he immersed himself in the study of philosophy and theology. He learned Hebrew in order to read the Jewish cabalistic literature. His first great written work, The Occult Philosophy (De occulta philosophia), completed 1509-10 is a compendium offering a mystical interpretation of nature through such arcane methods as cabalistic manipulation of Hebrew words and Pythagorean numerology. It quickly established itself as a major handbook of Renaissance magic and deeply influenced such thinkers as Giordano Bruno. In the years following the writing of De occulta philosophia, Agrippa served as a soldier, lawyer, physician, and theologian. A virulent critic of the clergy and of scholastic theology, he engaged in bitter exchanges with theologically conservative opponents over his religious attitudes. Agrippa's own position lay between the intellectual reformism of Erasmus and the outright break with Catholicism represented by Martin Luther. However, Agrippa later moved away from his early confidence in the magical and mystical methods to an unquestioning biblical faith. Agrippa's most important later work Of the Vanitie and uncertaintie of artes and sciences (De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum et artium) was published at Antwerp in 1530. In the work, Agrippa advocates a thoroughgoing rejection of learning and intellectual attainment in favor of a simple religious piety. That belief came to play an important role in the Renaissance revival of the skeptical tradition of antiquity. Shortly after the appearance of De incertitudine, Agrippa was imprisoned for heresy and died in exile in Grenoble, France. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
Fotografie: Cornelius Agrippa, 1538.

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Officiële naam
Agrippa von Nettesheim, Heinrich Cornelius
Pseudoniemen en naamsvarianten
Agrippa of Nettesheim, Henry Cornelius
Geboortedatum
1486-09-14
Overlijdensdatum
1535-02-18
Graflocatie
Grenoble, France
Geslacht
male
Nationaliteit
Germany
Geboorteplaats
Cologne, Holy Roman Empire
Plaats van overlijden
Grenoble, France
Woonplaatsen
Holy Roman Empire
France
Spain
Italy
Opleiding
University of Cologne
Studied with Johannes Trihemius
Beroepen
professor
Judge of the Prerogative Court
author
scholar
lawyer
soldier (toon alle 9)
theologian
alchemist
magician
Relaties
Trihemius, Johannes (Kommilitone)
Organisaties
Lecturer at the University of Dole, France
Lecturer at the University of Pavia
Prijzen en onderscheidingen
Knight of the Holy Roman Empire
Korte biografie
Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (most often referred to by the Latinate appellation Cornelius Agrippa, sometimes Anglicized as Henry Cornelius Agrippa) was an occult writer, theologian, astrologer, and alchemist. His writings on magic and occult philosophy were a significant influence on the later work of Giordano Bruno and John Dee, and thus came to underpin much of the Western esoteric tradition.

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I heavily suggest reading this book alongside Poel, Marc van der. Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations / by Marc van Der Poel. Leiden [etc: Brill, 1997.

Agrippa, disciple of Trithemius was a rare defender of the female sex in these days, so all his arguments need to be put in socio-historical context.

His own wife perished in the black death plague, as he was desperately attempting to find a cure to this illness as a renown plague-doctor, and with the help of his assistant, supposedly - he found one, yet this is shrouded in legend.… (meer)
 
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Saturnin.Ksawery | 3 andere besprekingen | Jan 12, 2024 |
This is a very amazing new translation into English; one of the first in over 350 years. The translation is great, the books are gorgeous, and the translator is to be commended.
 
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earneson | 8 andere besprekingen | Apr 20, 2022 |
I heavily suggest reading this book alongside Poel, Marc van der. Cornelius Agrippa, the Humanist Theologian and His Declamations / by Marc van Der Poel. Leiden [etc: Brill, 1997.

Agrippa, disciple of Trithemius was a rare defender of the female sex in these days, so all his arguments need to be put in socio-historical context.

His own wife perished in the black death plague, as he was desperately attempting to find a cure to this illness as a renown plague-doctor, and with the help of his assistant, supposedly - he found one, yet this is shrouded in legend.… (meer)
 
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SaturninCorax | 3 andere besprekingen | Sep 27, 2021 |
I tried to bury the claws of a crab under the sand, but no scorpions came out of it. I want my time back.
 
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37
Leden
1,543
Populariteit
#16,694
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17
ISBNs
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