Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

Cornelius Agrippa, as portrayed in "Libri tres de occulta philosophia"

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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (born of noble birth in Cologne September 14 1486, died in Grenoble February 18 1535) was a magician and occult writer, astrologer, and alchemist. He may also be considered as an early feminist.

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Cologne - September 14 - 1486 - Grenoble - February 18 - 1535 - Magic - Occult - Astrologer - Alchemist - Feminist

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He was for some time in the service of Maximilian, but devoted mainly to the study of the occult sciences, which exposed him to various persecutions through life.

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During his wandering life in Germany, France and Italy he worked as a theologian, physician, legal expert and soldier.

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Germany - France - Italy - Theologian - Physician - Soldier

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He is most known for his books:

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• De incertitudine et vanitate scientiarum (printed in Köln 1527) a satire of the (according to Agrippa) sad state of science.
• Libri tres de occulta philosophia or Three Books of Occult Philosophy (printed in Paris in 1531 and in Cologne in 1533), a book about magic and cult-classic for practitioners of that art to this day.
• Philosophy of Natural Magic: Complete Work on Natural Magic, White & Black Magic, 1569, ISBN 1564591603
• Declamation on the Nobility and Preeminence of the Female Sex a book on the equality of women.

(A complete collection of his writings were also printed in Lyon in 1550.)

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Lyon - 1550

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