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Hermes Trismegistus
Legendary Hellenistic figure associated with wisdom and occult philosophy, cited on idolatry.
minor
Also known as Trismegistus, Hermes
First appearance: part i book i
Hermes Trismegistus shows up with force in Book VIII: Natural Theology and the Platonists. The page is where that presence becomes real.
Quoted as confessing that the land was full of sepulchres and dead men worshipped as gods.
Hermes Trismegistus first appears in 0002 part i book i.
In Book VIII: Natural Theology and the Platonists: Quoted as confessing that the land was full of sepulchres and dead men worshipped as gods.
Later, in XXIII: The Egyptian Hermes who taught that men can make gods by inviting spirits into statues, and who mournfully prophesied the abolition of these practices.
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- Book VIII: Natural Theology and the Platonists
- XXIII
- Chapter XXIV: Hermes' Confession of the Error of Making Gods
- XXVI
- Of Porphyry's Epistle to Anebo
- Chapter XXXIX: About the Hebrew Written Characters Which That Language Always Possessed
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