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Book Icastes

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  • Author : Michael J. B. Allen
  • Publisher :
  • Release : 1989
  • ISBN :
  • Pages : 336 pages

Download or read book Icastes written by Michael J. B. Allen and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "All of Allen's publications on Ficino have been important. This one stands out for the important problem areas in Ficino's thought and intellectual career that it defines and clarifies."--Charles Trinkaus, University of Michigan

Book International Journal of Science  Technology  Engineering and Mathematics

Download or read book International Journal of Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics written by Stephanie Gayle B. Andal & Rose R. Andrade and published by Institute of Industry and Academic Research Incorporated. This book was released on 2022-03-31 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: International Journal of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (IJSTEM) is an open-access refereed journal focused recent developments relative to biomedical science, software applications development, modelling and systems design, and mathematics education research. It is a selective multi-track journal, covering all aspects of biomedical engineering, nanotechnology, solving and expressing mathematical problems with digital tools, mathematical modelling, networking and information security as well as their involvement in the telecom market, contemporary computer technologies and applications, computer vision, advanced computer research and topics in mechatronics.

Book The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism  Volume 3  The Renaissance

Download or read book The Cambridge History of Literary Criticism Volume 3 The Renaissance written by George Alexander Kennedy and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1999 volume was the first to explore as part of an unbroken continuum the critical legacy both of the humanist rediscovery of ancient learning and of its neoclassical reformulation. Focused on what is arguably the most complex phase in the transmission of the Western literary-critical heritage, the book encompasses those issues that helped shape the way European writers thought about literature from the late Middle Ages to the late seventeenth century. These issues touched almost every facet of Western intellectual endeavour, as well as the historical, cultural, social, scientific, and technological contexts in which that activity evolved. From the interpretative reassessment of the major ancient poetic texts, this volume addresses the emergence of the literary critic in Europe by exploring poetics, prose fiction, contexts of criticism, neoclassicism, and national developments. Sixty-one chapters by internationally respected scholars are supported by an introduction, detailed bibliographies for further investigation and a full index.

Book Western Esotericism and the Science of Religion

Download or read book Western Esotericism and the Science of Religion written by International Association for the History of Religions. Congress and published by Peeters Publishers. This book was released on 1998 with total page 330 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is based upon papers read during the innovative section "Western Esotericism and the Science of Religion" organized at the 17th International Congress of the International Association for the History of Religions (IAHR) in Mexico City, August 5-12, 1995. The section was created in order to fill a long-standing hiatus in the academic study of religions: whereas phenomena such as gnosticism and hermetism in antiquity, and even the occult sciences of that period, have long been recognized as subjects worthy of serious investigation, the history of similar and related phenomena in more recent periods has hardly received the same measure of scholarly attention and recognition. The present volume is devoted to the academic emancipation of these areas as constituting a legitimate domain of research, which may be referred to by the generic label "western esotericism". Preceded by an introductory essay on the birth of this new discipline in the study of religion, the volume provides a sample of current research in the field and devotes special attention to some central methodological questions.

Book A History of Light

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  • Author : Junko Theresa Mikuriya
  • Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
  • Release : 2016-12-15
  • ISBN : 1474254209
  • Pages : 192 pages

Download or read book A History of Light written by Junko Theresa Mikuriya and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When was photography invented, in 1826 with the first permanent photograph? If we depart from the technologically oriented accounts and consider photography as a philosophical discourse an alternative history appears, one which examines the human impulse to reconstruct the photographic or "the evoking of light†?. It's significance throughout the history of ideas is explored via the Platonic Dialogues, Iamblichus' theurgic writings, and Marsilio Ficino's texts. This alternative history is not a replacement of other narratives of photographic history but rather offers a way of rethinking photography's ontological instability.

Book Influences

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  • Author : Mary Quinlan-McGrath
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 2013-02-20
  • ISBN : 0226922855
  • Pages : 396 pages

Download or read book Influences written by Mary Quinlan-McGrath and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2013-02-20 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. But this was the understanding of light radiation held by certain natural philosophers of early modern Europe, and that, argues Mary Quinlan-McGrath, was why educated people of the Renaissance commissioned artworks centered on astrological themes and practices. Influences is the first book to reveal how important Renaissance artworks were designed to be not only beautiful but also—perhaps even primarily—functional. From the fresco cycles at Caprarola, to the Vatican’s Sala dei Pontefici, to the Villa Farnesina, these great works were commissioned to selectively capture and then transmit celestial radiation, influencing the bodies and minds of their audiences. Quinlan-McGrath examines the sophisticated logic behind these theories and practices and, along the way, sheds light on early creation theory; the relationship between astrology and natural theology; and the protochemistry, physics, and mathematics of rays. An original and intellectually stimulating study, Influences adds a new dimension to the understanding of aesthetics among Renaissance patrons and a new meaning to the seductive powers of art.

Book Marsilio Ficino

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  • Author : Michael J. B. Allen
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2002
  • ISBN : 9789004118553
  • Pages : 536 pages

Download or read book Marsilio Ficino written by Michael J. B. Allen and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2002 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume consists of 21 essays on Marsilio Ficino (1433-99), the Florentine scholar-philosopher-magus-priest who was the architect of Renaissance Platonism. They cast fascinating new light on his theology, philosophy, and psychology as well as on his influence and sources.

Book Icastes

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  • Author : Allen J. B. Michael
  • Publisher : Acmrs (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance
  • Release : 2016-07-29
  • ISBN : 9780866988186
  • Pages : 328 pages

Download or read book Icastes written by Allen J. B. Michael and published by Acmrs (Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance. This book was released on 2016-07-29 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New 2016 paperback edition of the original 1989 printing (out-of-print). Michael Allen's latest work on the profoundly influential Florentine thinker of the fifteenth century, Marsilio Ficino, will be welcomed by philosophers, literary scholars, and historians of the Renaissance, as well as by classicists. Ficino was responsible for inaugurating, shaping, and disseminating the wide-ranging philosophico-cultural movement known as Renaissance Platonism, and his views on the Sophist, which he saw as Plato's preeminent ontological dialogue, are of signal interest. This dialogue also served Ficino as a vehicle for exploring a number of other humanist, philosophical, and magical preoccupations, including the theme of man the artist and creator.

Book Marsilio Ficino and His World

Download or read book Marsilio Ficino and His World written by Sophia Howlett and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-27 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book makes the case for Marsilio Ficino, a Renaissance philosopher and priest, as a canonical thinker, and provides an introduction for a broad audience. Sophia Howlett examines him as part of the milieu of Renaissance Florence, part of a history of Platonic philosophy, and as a key figure in the ongoing crisis between classical revivalism and Christian belief. The author discusses Ficino’s vision of a Platonic Christian universe with multiple worlds inhabited by angels, daemons and pagan gods, as well as our own distinctive role within that universe - climbing the heights to talk with angels yet constantly confused by the evidence of our own senses. Ficino as the “new Socrates” suggests to us that by changing ourselves, we can change our world.

Book Entrepreneurship Innovation and Education for Performance Improvement

Download or read book Entrepreneurship Innovation and Education for Performance Improvement written by Salman, Syed Ahmed and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2024-08-13 with total page 809 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Entrepreneurship, innovation, and education intersections have become crucial in driving organizational and individual success in today’s quickly changing economic world. Globalization, technological innovation, and evolving consumer habits constantly transform sectors, requiring quick and innovative answers. The key to this transition is encouraging entrepreneurial attitudes, developing new methods, and using educational frameworks to improve performance in all areas. Entrepreneurship Innovation and Education for Performance Improvement thoroughly examines the ways in which these interrelated areas might collaboratively boost the performance of both organizations and individuals in the current dynamic business landscape. It investigates the interconnections among entrepreneurship, innovation, and education, clarifying how these components contribute to improving performance in both new and existing business ventures. By analyzing present patterns, upcoming approaches, and the revolutionary capability of combining these areas, this book sheds light on promoting a culture of ongoing improvement and success in the modern corporate environment. Covering topics such as entrepreneurial leadership, performance improvement, and sustainability, this book is an essential resource for postgraduate students, researchers, lecturers, industry practitioners, entrepreneurs, business leaders, and more.

Book Icastes  Marsilio Ficino s interpretation of Plato s Sophist

Download or read book Icastes Marsilio Ficino s interpretation of Plato s Sophist written by Marsilius Ficinus and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Engineering Frontiers

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  • Author : Azman Ismail
  • Publisher : Springer Nature
  • Release :
  • ISBN : 3031568443
  • Pages : 412 pages

Download or read book Engineering Frontiers written by Azman Ismail and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Recent Advances in Metrology and Fundamental Constants

Download or read book Recent Advances in Metrology and Fundamental Constants written by Terry J. Quinn and published by IOS Press. This book was released on 2001 with total page 886 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the last decade of the 20th century, many improvements took place in the field of metrology and fundamental constants. These developments and improvements are discussed in this book. The old caesium SI second definition has found a new realization with the fountain approach, replacing the classical thermal atomic beam. The use of cold atom techniques, slowed down and cooled, has opened a number of unexpected avenues for metrology and fundamental constants, one of these possibilities being the atom interferometry. Another development was the demonstration of the possiblility of performing a direct frequency division in the visible, using short femtosecond pulses. Many other developments are also discussed.

Book Forthcoming Books

Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 1989-09 with total page 2244 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Music in Renaissance Magic

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  • Author : Gary Tomlinson
  • Publisher : University of Chicago Press
  • Release : 1993
  • ISBN : 9780226807928
  • Pages : 318 pages

Download or read book Music in Renaissance Magic written by Gary Tomlinson and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Magic enjoyed a vigorous revival in sixteenth-century Europe, attaining a prestige lost for over a millennium and becoming, for some, a kind of universal philosophy. Renaissance music also suggested a form of universal knowledge through renewed interest in two ancient themes: the Pythagorean and Platonic "harmony of the celestial spheres" and the legendary effects of the music of bards like Orpheus, Arion, and David. In this climate, Renaissance philosophers drew many new and provocative connections between music and the occult sciences. In Music in Renaissance Magic, Gary Tomlinson describes some of these connections and offers a fresh view of the development of early modern thought in Italy. Raising issues essential to postmodern historiography—issues of cultural distance and our relationship to the others who inhabit our constructions of the past —Tomlinson provides a rich store of ideas for students of early modern culture, for musicologists, and for historians of philosophy, science, and religion. "A scholarly step toward a goal that many composers have aimed for: to rescue the idea of New Age Music—that music can promote spiritual well-being—from the New Ageists who have reduced it to a level of sonic wallpaper."—Kyle Gann, Village Voice "An exemplary piece of musical and intellectual history, of interest to all students of the Renaissance as well as musicologists. . . . The author deserves congratulations for introducing this new approach to the study of Renaissance music."—Peter Burke, NOTES "Gary Tomlinson's Music in Renaissance Magic: Toward a Historiography of Others examines the 'otherness' of magical cosmology. . . . [A] passionate, eloquently melancholy, and important book."—Anne Lake Prescott, Studies in English Literature

Book Journal of the History of Philosophy

Download or read book Journal of the History of Philosophy written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 688 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Platonism

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  • Author : Valery Rees
  • Publisher : BRILL
  • Release : 2020-11-30
  • ISBN : 9004437428
  • Pages : 363 pages

Download or read book Platonism written by Valery Rees and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Platonism, Ficino to Foucault explores some key chapters in the history Platonic philosophy from the revival of Plato in the fifteenth century to the new reading of Platonic dialogues promoted by the so-called ‘Critique of Modernity’.