Magnum miraculum est homo. . . . The Phenomenon of Man in the Light of Hermetic Excerpts: Lactantius, Div. inst. 7.13.3

Agata Ewa Sowińska

Uniwersytet Śląski, Katedra Filologii Klasycznej , Poland


Abstract

The aim of this paper is to present the question of human nature in a hermetic approach based on the source texts of Asclepius and Corpus Hermeticum. As the reference point for a research on hermetic anthropology serves one of the hermetic fragments found in Lactantius’ Divinae institutiones (i.e. Div. inst. 7.13.3), who focused on a characteristic feature of every human being: their dual nature – both divine and hylic. The analysis of Div. inst. 7.13.3 is preceded by a short study, based on the anthology by M.D. Litwa, of the range of influence of hermetic texts on literature from antiquity to the Middle Ages.

Keywords:

Asclepius, Corpus Hermeticum, hermetic literature, Hermetism, hermetic anthropology, Lactantius, Divinae institutiones, hermetic testimonies, hermetic fragments

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2020-04-03


Sowińska, A. E. (2020). Magnum miraculum est homo. . . . The Phenomenon of Man in the Light of Hermetic Excerpts: Lactantius, Div. inst. 7.13.3. The Biblical Annals, 10(4), 707–734. https://doi.org/10.31743/biban.8260

Agata Ewa Sowińska  ascorpushermeticum@gmail.com
Uniwersytet Śląski, Katedra Filologii Klasycznej



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