Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition

Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition
ISBN-10
0801438721
ISBN-13
9780801438721
Category
Social Science
Pages
287
Language
English
Published
2001
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Author
Glenn Alexander Magee

Description

Glenn Alexander Magee's book argues that Hegel was decisively influenced by the Hermetic tradition, a body of thought with roots in Greco-Roman Egypt. In the Middle Ages and modern period, the Hermetic tradition became entwined with such mystical strands of thought as alchemy, Kabbalism, Millenarianism, Rosicrucianism, and theosophy. Recent scholarship has drawn connections between the Hermetic "counter-tradition" and many modern thinkers, including Leibniz and Newton.

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