HERMES Trismegistus

HERMES Trismegistus
HERMES Trismegistus
Philosophus Aegyptius, post Mosen fuit, cuius tempore in Aegypto studia Philosophiae clarere coepêrunt, cum antea tantum citca Astronomiam, et huius generis disciplinas versarentur, quae ad exercendum ingenium magis, quam ad illustrandum animunr valent. Scripsit patriâ linguâ Dialogum, ubi Asclepius introducitur. Deum omnino unum opinatur, omnium conditotem, erroremque fatetur parentum suorum, qui superstitiones Idolorum invenêrunt. Suid. et Augustin, de civ Dei. Hic cum in Aegypto sacrum quoddam animalserapi dicatum, in tota die duedecies nrinam facere, pari semper temporis intervallo observasset, per 12. horaus diem dividi debere coniecit. Exinde hic horarum numerus longo tempone est custoditus, et postea per horas divisus est dies. Polyd. Virg. de Rev. Inv. l. 2. c. 5. Eius de 12. lacorum sive signorum appellationibus, librum Ioach. Camerarius edidit Centloquium quoque ei attribuitur, tractatus de Horoscopis, etc. Item alius Hhermes Aegyptius fuit, auditor Syriani Sophistae, condiscip. Procli sub Hadriano Imp. Vide Suid. Cardanus meminit quoqueve Hermetis auctoris de Revalutionibus nativitatum, quod opus a Wolphio editum, A. C. 1559. Sed quis hic auctor sit, ignorare se fatetur. Vide Cardan. ad l. 3. Ptolom. de Astr. Iudiciis, texiu 3. Gesner, in Epit. De priore, vide iudicium Antonii van Dalen de Oraculis Ethnic. Dissertat. 1. p. 5.

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  • Hermes Trismegistus —    A collection of pseudonymous Greek treatises, believed during the Renaissance to be a distillation of the learning and religious wisdom of ancient Egypt and attributed to a mythical author named Hermes. Egypt in Hellenistic and Roman times… …   Historical Dictionary of Renaissance

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  • Hermes Trismegistus — /ˌhɜmiz trɪsməˈdʒɪstəs/ (say .hermeez trismuh jistuhs) noun a name given by neoplatonists and others to the Egyptian god Thoth, who was to some extent identified with the Grecian Hermes, and to whom were attributed various works embodying… …  

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  • Hermes Trismegistus — noun Etymology: Medieval Latin, from Greek Hermēs trismegistos, literally, Hermes thrice greatest Date: 1583 a legendary author of works embodying magical, astrological, and alchemical doctrines …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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