The Occult Philosophy of Cornelius Agrippa - 12 of 14 - The Skeptical Turn?

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Damn, it's all so intriguing 😅 the point covering the particulates we can be sure of is more in my realm of comprehension, as I study plants and fungi identification. I can be sure of a species if it's in my range of experience, it has these kind of gills, this cap colour, smells/tastes a certain way etc. But it would take me more than my lifespan to study half of what's out there 😂 advising caution on believing we can have that level of knowledge of the less physical planes, Agrippa had more comprehension than many people in our own age! So far ahead of the curve.

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Your presentation has really made me empathize with both Agrippa and his detractors (at least the ones that don't set people on fire). On one hand, you get a sense that the guy really has no common sense when it comes to social graces, and people logically will get pissed off. On the other, you can only imagine how frustrating and perhaps lonely it must have been to keep yelling at the void and have your ideas roadblocked at every turn.

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I would love to hear Agrippa rip into the pretention of modern society

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He defended an alleged witch and railed against the dominant academic and religious authorities of his day all the while remaining deeply religious. I'm sure he'd be too "woke" for some and too "trad" for others

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I’ve always been deeply interested in esoteric knowledge and to be honest the visuals I get from learning more more is truly amazing ! Science is more vivid ! Spiritually is more vivid! Mathematics are more vivid in my minds eye. I truly love it all

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Still no word from Joe Rogan. It’s cool that Agrippa never got credit for the Dunning-Kruger effect lol jk. It sounds like De Incertitudine is in the same train of thought though.

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Yeah, I was thinking that too!

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What page of the digital copy of Agrippa’s Three books that you’ve provided, can I see the woodcuts?

[@tedhand6237]

When you discuss prior scholarly readings of the De Vanitate I'm surprised you didn't cover Christopher Lehrich and Marc van der Poel, who read Agrippa's skeptical turn as being in line with his thinking in the DOP and his Neoplatonism. Would love to hear your thoughts on those books.

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I basically agree with van der Poel but Lehrich's work is a bit polarizing. I re-read it and came away still not sure what his thesis was.

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@TheEsotericaChannel Lehrich's next book The Occult Mind is even more difficult. Some real Levi-Strauss inside baseball that I've never been able to grok.

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He's not wrong. This dude knew his stuff. This is where I'm at... But where now?

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The Corpus Hermeticum

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I need to get in thar Agrippa train.

[@edisonade5409]

Will you publish your translations of Agrippa’s letters?

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We're not making a full translation of his letters, sadly

[@Bildgesmythe]

​@@TheEsotericaChannelThat is sad

[@MJBAKANemoStrong]

I think Agrippa was trying to articulate a Method towards approaching observation and the understanding of everything. I haven't read the De incertitudine, so I will...... Agrippa's Philosophy I think, is less about Magic, less about Skepticism, more about the approach to everything. When you achieve Felicity, given Agrippa's perspective, it can be assumed what you achieve is certainty of God. He said he never achieved it, yet he believed in a God. His Life seems like a Struggle for Truth, surrounded by barriers to it. It seems clear there are specific things Agrippa believed, though to me, his underlying thesis, is about the Pursuit. The Use of Love, is a rational one; the struggle with the Sciences void of God, is the same as the struggle with God void the Sciences; Love fills the Void, even when it is corrupted. For me, real Love has a simple definition, in which, it can clearly be reasoned; so much so, that the only way to undo it in structure, is by articulating a reason not to Love out of Love for God. If God tells you not to Love something? Science without Love, is just as bad as religion without Science.

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TIL Agrippa invented the Dunning-Kruger effect.

[@Intercaust]

Wow. Agrippa is a mindfuck.

[@Nazareneanobis]

😂 "Uh uh! Who are you to judge me?"

[@Angelimir]

Damn, ain't this Agrippa guy have some hot takes 😅

[@erikmazio1205]

🤔His critic of the arts and sciences of his time is pretty much a recap of his full research; no time for politeness, draws attention to flaws of complexity, like one flaw in math (as Godel pointed out) is its incompleteness...i mean...logically, Math shouldn’t paradox...if it’s "true"... Hey, in his divination text does Agrippa mention Lull's Ars Brevis' 9-point star as a particular interest...for those who draw circles(loops)? (9 points all connected don't go through the center point etc) Also 🙏RIP Agrippa wifey

[@ChemistTea]

But if math is not true, then why does it work so well. I feel like this is a discussion about what "truth" means. By the way, I also agree with you, this is more a debate in my mind than with you.

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​@@ChemistTea 👍I agree Math and Physics work very well! Both in theory and in practice! They literally got us into space! Modern building design codes are just as fascinating! Though Math has too many axioms (like quick fixes and patches) compared to physics. Imagine if we could have a better version of math! That'd be even cooler! (I meant "true" in the sense of a "perfect" closed loop, self contained without inefficiencies =.= no Zeno paradox)

[@ChemistTea]

@@erikmazio1205 Yeah, that would be amazing. We have like a way of math, but not the "true" way in a sense of perfection. We only know a little bit of it. Of course, it may be constructed in a way that we can't use the perfect math, like a function that never approaches a number.

[@erikmazio1205]

​@@ChemistTea 😆that's a good analogy! a function with an upper limit. U r using math against itself!! Perfection isn't even necessary, if it can be self complete. Like Software Coding uses programming language to design closed loops as self operating programs & algorithms. Or lawyers use "law language" to design air-tight (closed loop) contracts. If Math was a closed loop as well...maybe it could be even more impressive! Who knows, maybe Math and physics would become one and the same.

[@ChemistTea]

@@erikmazio1205 I like your thinking. When you say "closed loop" for math, do you mean like it would have no paradoxes? (like your statement earlier). I guess, if that's the case, I think for it to have no paradoxes it might have to be perfect (or us not being able to see the imperfections). Not sure if that's what you were getting at with "closed loop" though. As far as math and physics being the same, our physics does rely heavily on math, so they're not far from the same thing. Where physics is the application of the math.

[@TheKrispyfort]

Maybe Agrippa lied about there being traps/untruths so people would buy a copy to boost sales 😆

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And once again, no one expects the (Spanish) Inquisition! (sorry. I couldn't help myself)

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I'm amazed Agrippa defended a woman against the Inquisition, and won.

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