Corpus Hermeticum

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The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of Hellenistic philosophical and mystical writings attributed to the legendary figure Hermes Trismegistus, foundational to the Western esoteric and Hermetic traditions.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Corpus Hermeticum canonical 3
Hermetic Corpus 2
Hermetic corpus 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Hermetic text collection ⓘ
esoteric text ⓘ
late antique literature ⓘ
philosophical text ⓘ
religious text ⓘ
approximateNumberOfTractates 17 ⓘ
attributedTo Hermes Trismegistus ⓘ
linked to: Thoth
containsGenre dialogue ⓘ
philosophical treatise ⓘ
revelation discourse ⓘ
dateOfComposition 2nd century CE ⓘ
3rd century CE ⓘ
earlierPerceivedDate belief in extreme antiquity before Moses ⓘ
firstLatinTranslationDate 1463 ⓘ
firstPrintedEditionDate 1471 ⓘ
hasAuthor Hermes Trismegistus ⓘ
linked to: Thoth
hasPart Hermetic tractate I ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum

Hermetic tractate XIII ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum

Poimandres ⓘ
influenced Christian Kabbalah ⓘ
Renaissance Hermeticism ⓘ
Renaissance philosophy ⓘ
Rosicrucianism ⓘ
Western esoteric traditions ⓘ
alchemy ⓘ
early modern occultism ⓘ
keyConcept Logos ⓘ
Mind of God ⓘ
Nous ⓘ
ascent of the soul ⓘ
correspondence between macrocosm and microcosm ⓘ
rebirth ⓘ
language Ancient Greek ⓘ
mainTheme cosmology ⓘ
gnosis ⓘ
soteriology ⓘ
the nature of God ⓘ
the nature of the cosmos ⓘ
the nature of the human soul ⓘ
theology ⓘ
originatesFrom Hellenistic period ⓘ
Roman Imperial period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity
partOf Hermetic literature ⓘ
philosophicalInfluence Middle Platonism ⓘ
Pythagoreanism ⓘ
Stoicism ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Alexandria ⓘ
Roman Egypt ⓘ
relatedWork Asclepius ⓘ
Hermetic fragments in Stobaeus ⓘ
religiousContext Greco-Egyptian religion ⓘ
religiousInfluence Egyptian religion ⓘ
Greek religion ⓘ
scholarlyReevaluation late 19th century dating to early centuries CE ⓘ
structure collection of separate tractates ⓘ
tradition Hermeticism ⓘ
Western esotericism ⓘ
wasCentralTo Renaissance occult revival ⓘ
wasFirstLatinTranslationBy Marsilio Ficino ⓘ

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Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hermeticism → associatedWithText → Corpus Hermeticum ⓘ
Giordano Bruno → influencedBy → Hermetic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum
De occulta philosophia libri tres → influencedBy → Hermetic Corpus ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum
Emerald Tablet → partOf → Hermetic corpus ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum
Corpus Hermeticum → hasPart → Hermetic tractate I ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum
Corpus Hermeticum → hasPart → Hermetic tractate XIII ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum
Renaissance esotericism → drawsOn → Corpus Hermeticum ⓘ
Oedipus Aegyptiacus → influencedBy → Hermetic Corpus ⓘ
linked to: Corpus Hermeticum
Poimandres → partOf → Corpus Hermeticum ⓘ