The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy by Saif, Liana

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781349573998)

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Format: Paperback
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The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy by Saif, Liana

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy

$159.00
The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy by Saif, Liana

The Arabic Influences on Early Modern Occult Philosophy

$159.00
Format: Paperback
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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.

Author: Liana Saif
ISBN-10: 134957399X
ISBN-13: 9781349573998
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Language: English
Published: 03/05/2016
Pages: 277
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.70lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.50w x 0.70d
By Liana Saif
By Liana Saif
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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.

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