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HoP 386 - Perhaps Not Wrong - Cornelius Agrippa

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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Agrippa's Book on the Uncertainty of the Sciences

In his treatise on the uncertainty of the sciences, agrippa devotes a whole chapter to kabala. Supposedly moses himself used this secret knowledge to work miracles like the parting of the red sea. But now agrippa says it is mere superstition used to perform tricks that should certainly not be compared to real miracles. This fits with the overall tone of the work, which the agrippa scholar pala zambeli has called an anti encyclopaedia.

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