O Hermetismo na Historiografia sobre Marsílio Ficino

Abstract

Este artigo busca reconstruir, estabelecer e confrontar dentro da historiografia geral sobre Marsílio Ficino (1433-1499), filósofo e teólogo florentino, um de seus eixos principais, ou seja, o interesse pelo Hermetismo. Ficino foi um dos principais nomes em torno do ressurgimento do interesse pelo Hermetismo e a sabedoria antiga no Renascimento (séc. XV). Nossos objetivos consistem em estabelecer um quadro comparativo entre alguns de seus estudiosos e buscar compreender qual lugar e importância é atribuída ao Hermetismo na historiografia sobre Marsílio Ficino desenvolvida na História da Filosofia e História das Ideias, percebendo quais as tendências historiográficas e em que categorias os historiadores utilizaram para definir o lugar do Hermetismo em seu pensamento e obra, e qual a importância histórica de Marsílio Ficino para o desenvolvimento do Hermetismo no Renascimento. Por Hermetismo estamos nos referindo aos antigos escritos atribuídos a Hermes Trismegistos, caracterizados enquanto autor e autoridade deste escritos. Esta literatura foi produzida por volta dos séc. I e III d.C que versam sobre temas religiosos, filosóficos, cosmológicos, soteriológico e mágicos.

Matthew Henry’s Preaching and Pastoral Ministry at Hackney, 1712–1714

“…He vacillated and, in finally accepting, displayed very mixed feelings about the move. Repeatedly in his diary he makes comments like these: "Wrote to Mr Ball [at Hackney] that I could give less encouragement than ever to them to think of my settling with them"; 37 "The love of my friends increases my grief"; 38 "The more I see the impossibility of getting off here, the more perplexed I am. Lord let my soul dwell at ease."…”

“…housing. 37 Additionally, providers of services to the homeless simply do not have enough resources. Over the last five years, the number of temporary housing beds in America actually decreased by 9%.…”

“…During the 1950s and the two following decades, Marxists did not explain "production in material life" primarily in terms of economics but of culture, as the conceptual key to understanding the "reproduction of life." 37 Thus, only a change in the capitalist nature of economic reality could transform society.…”

Criticism and Legitimacy of “Cultural Marxism”: Implications for Christian Witness in the Postmodern World

“…36 For missionaries, the same religious freedom that would benefit the Confederates would also benefit Brazilians who became evangelicals. 37 Besides that, many American Presbyterian leaders from the South became involved in the Confederate immigration to Brazil, among whom was Dabney. 38 He was not only a professor but also a friend of George Nash Morton and especially Edward Lane.…”

The Homelessness Crisis and the Role of the Church

“…The particular is that special calling that belongs to some particular men, such as the calling of a Magistrate, the calling of a Minister, the calling of a Master, of a father, of a child, of a servant, of a subject, or any other calling that is common to all. 37 If Jesus himself submitted to work, claimed Hugh Latimer, then all kinds of work should be dignified. Latimer wrote, "The Savior of the world … was not ashamed to labor; yea, and to use so simple an occupation.…”