YATES, Frances A.
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition.
Palm Beach, FL: Gallowglass Books , 2025.
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"The great forward movements of the Renaissance all derive their vigour, their emotional impulse, from looking backwards": First Edition of Frances A. Yates' Giordano Bruno and The Hermetic Tradition
First edition of this seminal work on Renaissance occult studies, Hermeticism, and Renaissance philosophy. Octavo, original publisher's cloth with gold foil detailing and titles to the spine, illustrated throughout. One of 2,500 copies. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Cover design by Max Leoffler.
Frances A. Yates’s Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition (1964) is a definitve work that redefined Renaissance intellectual history by highlighting the influence of Hermeticism and occult philosophy on early modern thought. Yates argues that Bruno’s cosmology and advocacy of an infinite universe were deeply rooted in the revival of Hermetic texts attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, rather than being purely scientific or proto-modern. By situating Bruno within this esoteric tradition, Yates challenged the conventional view of the Renaissance as a purely rational or humanist period, revealing a complex interplay between magic, mysticism, and emerging scientific ideas. Her study significantly impacted the historiography of science and the Renaissance, sparking both acclaim and controversy, and laying the groundwork for broader scholarly interest in the role of esotericism in shaping modernity.
Giordano Bruno and the Hermetic Tradition.
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