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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa (1486 1535) was a controversial
Renaissance theologian and writer who published work on the occult
and magic, and his writings influenced later leading literary
figures such as Goethe. Agrippa, although born near Cologne, spent
his life travelling around Europe, to Italy, Spain, France,
England, Switzerland and the Netherlands. He wrote his De occulta
philosophia in 1511 (though it was not published until twenty years
later) and its three volumes are the best-known works on
Renaissance magic, though Agrippa tried to distance himself from
the occult side and instead stress more metaphysical aspects. In
Henri Corn lis Agrippa, published in 1911, writer Joseph Orsier
examines Agrippa's life. The first part of the work discusses
Agrippa's travels, writings, thoughts and controversies. The second
part is a translation collection of seventy of his letters, dating
from 1509 to 1532, to and from a range of correspondents, including
Erasmus.
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