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A collective term used by early modern scholars, alchemists, and philosophers to refer to the authoritative figures of antiquity, such as Hermes Trismegistus, Plato, and Aristotle. They were viewed as the original possessors of a 'prisca theologia' or ancient wisdom.
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Eckartshausen, Karl von
Nicolaus Copernicus
Athanasius Kircher
Arnold of Brussels (compiler)
Paracelsus
Andreas Vesalius
Albrecht Dürer
Jan Amos Comenius
Various; ed. Lazarus Zetzner
Sendivogius, Michael | Paracelsus
Athanasius Kircher
Nicolaus Copernicus; C.L. Menzzer
René Descartes
René Descartes
Marin Mersenne
Pseudo-Geber (Paul of Taranto)
Bacon, Francis
Bacon, Francis
Various (trans. A.E. Waite)
Bacon, Francis
Kepler, Johannes
Rene Descartes
Various (Greek Hermetic texts)
Geber|Bacon, Roger|Richardus Anglicus|Calid|Hermes Trismegistus|Hortulanus
Lull, Ramón
[Colonne, François-Marie-Pompée]
Schelling, Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von
Leonardo da Vinci (ed. Jean Paul Richter)
Cooper, William
Hortulanus, Fontanus
Athanasius Kircher
Leonardo da Vinci
Albrecht Dürer
Paracelsus, Theophrastus
Basilius Valentinus
Lemery, Nicolas
Lemery, Nicolas
Paracelsus, Theophrastus
Figulus, Benedictus
Hollandus, Johannes Isaac
Giambattista della Porta
Gustav Theodor Fechner
[Vreeswyk, Goossen van]
Paracelsus, Theophrastus
Eckartshausen, Karl von
Eckartshausen, Karl von
Eckartshausen, Karl von
Plotinus (copied by John Skutariotes for Ficino)
Nicholas Culpeper
Basilius Valentinus
Basilius Valentinus
Hollandus, Johannes Isaac|Sendivogius, Michael
Paracelsus; ed. A.E. Waite
Paracelsus; ed. A.E. Waite
Trissmosin, Salomon
Iamblichus
Vannoccio Biringuccio
Ren Descartes
Euclid; Aristoxenus; Porphyry; Nicomachus
Euclid; Aristoxenus; Porphyry; Nicomachus
Turba Philosophorum
Nicolaus Copernicus
Albrecht Dürer
Basilius Valentinus
Emanuel Swedenborg
Emanuel Swedenborg
Johann Vesling
Pseudo-Maslama al-Majriti
[Kirchweger, Anton Joseph]
Paracelsus, Theophrastus
Pseudo-Maslama al-Majriti
Marin Mersenne