The Place of Magic in the Intellectual History of Europe
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, Phila. , 1896, page 40, for further references to passages in his works giving his views anent astrology. He believed that the souls of the dead are still able to benefit men and to inspire with powers of divination. Ennead, iv, ch. Vii, sec. 15.
1 Page 66, note i.
2 Apologia, ch. Iii. Even if the oration was a satire and not a speech actually delivered, the inferences to be drawn from it would be prac- tically the same.
72 MAGIC IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY [72 to have studied medicine, if no oth...er branch of physical science, for he asserts that certain verses laid to his charge by the accuser deal v^ith nothing more harmful than a recipe for making tooth-powder, and that a woman whom he was said to have bewitched had merely fallen into an epileptic fit while consulting him concerning an ear-ache/ This might be taken to show that the pursuit of science was already liable to give one a bad reputation as a wizard ; but it should be said that the love-verses of Apuleius, as well as his poetical prescriptions, were used to support the accusa- tion, and that the purchase of fish was also brought forward as a suspicious circumstance.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
, Phila. , 1896, page 40, for further references to passages in his works giving his views anent astrology. He believed that the souls of the dead are still able to benefit men and to inspire with powers of divination. Ennead, iv, ch. Vii, sec. 15.
1 Page 66, note i.
2 Apologia, ch. Iii. Even if the oration was a satire and not a speech actually delivered, the inferences to be drawn from it would be prac- tically the same.
72 MAGIC IN INTELLECTUAL HISTORY [72 to have studied medicine, if no oth...er branch of physical science, for he asserts that certain verses laid to his charge by the accuser deal v^ith nothing more harmful than a recipe for making tooth-powder, and that a woman whom he was said to have bewitched had merely fallen into an epileptic fit while consulting him concerning an ear-ache/ This might be taken to show that the pursuit of science was already liable to give one a bad reputation as a wizard ; but it should be said that the love-verses of Apuleius, as well as his poetical prescriptions, were used to support the accusa- tion, and that the purchase of fish was also brought forward as a suspicious circumstance.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Lynn Thorndike to read onlineMoreLess
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