Mag znaczy filozof, czyli magia Giordana Bruna w świetle jego traktatu 'O magii'

• Authors: Karnowska Maria

Title variants

EN

Magician means philosopher, magic of Giordano Bruno according to his treatise 'On magic'

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

Magic, though dismissed by modern science, has throughout ages been more influential than we tend to admit. Only recently some attempts have been made to return magic to it’s rightful place in the history of philosophy. Giordano Bruno, commonly known as natural philosopher burnt at stake for his Copernican beliefs, apart from his cosmological writings is also an author of a number of treatises about magic. The article is intended as introduction to the subject of Brunian magic. It provides the summary of the treatise 'On magic', including descriptions of different kinds of magic, the way in which Bruno understands magic and what are bonds and how to create them. The article is followed by a fragment of the first polish translation of the treatise 'On magic'.

Keywords

EN

Giordano Bruno; Magic; Renaissance; Demonology

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Symbolae Philologorum Posnaniensium Graecae et Latinae
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 21
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 181-189

Dates

published

2011-12-30

Contributors

author

Karnowska Maria

• Instytut Filologii Klasycznej Uniwersytetu im. Adama Mickewicza ul. Fredry 10, 61–701 Poznań Polska – Poland