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Ancient Philosophers

Also known as: Prisci Philosophi, The Ancients, Philosophi Antiqui, The Sages of Old, Ancient philosophers, The Ancient Philosophers, ancient philosophers

17 books·324 total mentions

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A collective term used by early modern esotericists for the lineage of pre-Socratic and Hermetic thinkers believed to possess the Prisca Sapientia.

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Appears in 17 Books

Oedipus Aegyptiacus Volume II (1653)

Athanasius Kircher

p. 56 p. 57 p. 58 p. 59 p. 60 p. 61 p. 62 p. 63 p. 64 p. 65+1 more pages

Polygraphie (1561 French)

Johannes Trithemius | Gabriel de Collange (translator)

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p. 598 p. 599 p. 600 p. 601 p. 602 p. 603 p. 604 p. 605 p. 606 p. 607+9 more pages

Revealer of the Great Secret of the Philosophers

anonymous

p. 63 p. 64 p. 65 p. 66 p. 67 p. 68 p. 69 p. 70 p. 71 p. 72+3 more pages

Utriusque cosmi majoris scilicet et minoris metaphysica, physica atque technica historia

Robert Fludd

p. 517 p. 518 p. 519 p. 520 p. 521 p. 522 p. 523 p. 524 p. 525 p. 526+15 more pages

Theatrum Chemicum Vol. III (1602)

Various; ed. Lazarus Zetzner

p. 184 p. 185 p. 186 p. 187 p. 188 p. 189 p. 190 p. 191 p. 192 p. 193+2 more pages

The Ecstatic Journey: A Voyage Through the Celestial Realms

Athanasius Kircher

p. 339 p. 340 p. 341 p. 342 p. 343 p. 344 p. 345 p. 346 p. 347 p. 348+5 more pages

Oeuvres de Descartes Vol. VI (La Géométrie)

René Descartes

p. 281 p. 282 p. 283 p. 284 p. 285 p. 286 p. 287 p. 288 p. 289 p. 290+8 more pages

Oeuvres de Descartes Vol. VII (Meditationes)

René Descartes

p. 317 p. 318 p. 319 p. 320 p. 321 p. 322 p. 323 p. 324 p. 325 p. 326+27 more pages

Discours de la Méthode suivi des Méditations Métaphysiques

René Descartes

p. 87 p. 88 p. 89 p. 90 p. 91 p. 92 p. 93 p. 94 p. 95 p. 96+2 more pages

The Tree of Science

Ramon Llull

p. 214 p. 215 p. 216 p. 217 p. 218

Book of Wonders

Abd al-Hasan al-Isfahani

p. 135 p. 136 p. 137 p. 138 p. 139 p. 140 p. 141 p. 142 p. 143 p. 144+4 more pages

His Last Will and Testament

Basil Valentine

p. 1 p. 2 p. 3 p. 4 p. 5 p. 6 p. 7 p. 8 p. 9 p. 10

Arca thesauris opulenta

Glauber, Johann Rudolph

p. 151 p. 152 p. 153 p. 154 p. 155 p. 156 p. 157 p. 158 p. 159 p. 160+11 more pages

De alchemia. De investigatione perfectionis metallorum. Summae perfectionis metallorum. De inventione veritatis. De fornacibus construendis. Speculum alchimiae. Correctorium alchimiae. Rosarius minor. Liber secretorum alchemiae. Tabula smaragdina. Super tabulam smaragdinam Hermetis commentarius

Geber|Bacon, Roger|Richardus Anglicus|Calid|Hermes Trismegistus|Hortulanus

p. 36 p. 37 p. 38 p. 39 p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43 p. 44 p. 45+44 more pages

Various (Pseudo-Hermes, Pseudo-Arnald)

p. 40 p. 41 p. 42 p. 43 p. 44 p. 45 p. 46 p. 47 p. 48

Notes et croquis de geometrie

Leonardo da Vinci

p. 52 p. 53 p. 54 p. 55 p. 56 p. 57 p. 58 p. 59 p. 60 p. 61+19 more pages

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p. 93 p. 94 p. 95 p. 96 p. 97 p. 98 p. 99 p. 100 p. 101 p. 102+10 more pages

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