The place of magic in the intellectual history of EuropeThorndike, Lynn
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The place of magic in the intellectual history of Europe
Thorndike, Lynn
Magic -- Europe -- History
Bk. ii, ch. 39. For the general physical interaction of earth and
stars as conceived by Pliny see bk. ii, ch. 38. “Terrena in caelum
tendentia deprimit siderum vis, eademque quae sponte non subeant ad se
trahit. Decidunt imbres, nebulae subeunt, siccantur amnes, ruunt
grandines, torrent radii et terram in medio mundi undique inpellunt,
iidem infracti resiliunt et quae potuere auferunt secum. Vapor ex alto
cadit rursumque in altum redit. Venti ingruunt inanes iidemque cum
rapina remeant. Tot animalium haustus spiritum e sublimi trahit, at
ille contra nititur, tellusque ut inani caelo spiritum fundit.”
Footnote 104:
Bk. ii, ch. 41.
Footnote 105:
Bk. ii, ch. 104.
Footnote 106:
Bk. ii, ch. 6. “Huius natura cuncta generantur in terris, namque in
alterutro exortu genitali rore conspergens non terrae modo conceptuus
inplet verum animantium quoque omnium stimulat.”
Footnote 107:
Bk. ii, ch. 6.
Footnote 108:
Bk. ii, ch. 18. “A sidere caelestis ignis exspuitur praescita secum
adferens.”
Footnote 109:
Bk. ii, ch. 23. The part dealing with the shape and position of the
comet reads: “Tibiarum specie musicae arti portendere, obscenis autem
moribus in verendis partibus signorum, ingeniis et eruditioni, si
triquetram figuram quadratamve paribus angulis ad aliquos perennium
stellarum situus edant, venena fundere in capite septentrionalis
austrinaeve serpentis.”
Footnote 110:
Bk. ii, ch. 86. “Numquam urbs Roma tremuit, ut non futuri eventus
alicuius id praenuntium esset.” See also bk. ii, ch. 85.
Footnote 111:
Bk. ii, ch. 54.
Footnote 112:
Bk. xxv, ch. 6. “Turpissima causa raritatis quod etiam qui sciunt
demonstrare nolunt, tamquam ipsis periturum sit quod tradiderint
aliis.”
Footnote 113:
Vol. i, p. 382. Dr. White’s book, which imputes well-nigh every
fantastic feature of mediæval science to Christian institutions and
theology, is written with too little use of primary sources, and
considerable ignorance of the character of ancient science.
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