The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy E-Book

Liana Saif

• Herausgeber: Palgrave Macmillan UK
• Kategorie: Geisteswissenschaft
• Serie: Palgrave Historical Studies in Witchcraft and Magic
• Sprache: Englisch

Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2016

Beschreibung

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.