The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica from banned and burned to UNESCO memory of the world
The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica collection focuses on the discourses of Platonic-Hermetic thought. When the Corpus Hermeticum and other ancient texts were translated into Latin in the mid 15th century, they helped to spur the Renaissance. Ideas such as the concept that philosophy amounts to s...
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | The Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica collection focuses on the discourses of Platonic-Hermetic thought. When the Corpus Hermeticum and other ancient texts were translated into Latin in the mid 15th century, they helped to spur the Renaissance. Ideas such as the concept that philosophy amounts to striving after God and that the cosmos is an outflowing of the Divine stimulated developments in Christian mysticism, Jewish Kabbala, alchemy, astrology, magic, Christian theosophy and Rosicrucianism. Although of great cultural significance, these streams of thought were long neglected or suppressed. Now, academia is recognizing the importance of this thought. The BPH pioneered this field of study and helped establish it. In November 2022, the library was added to the UNESCO Nederlands Memory of the World Register. The committee recognized that authors in this library took positions that, while controversial for their time, were progressive steps on the path to modern human rights. |
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| ISSN: | 0014-9527 |