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The Occult Philosophy of Rene Descartes
, "... It is shown that there goes out Continually from the stars a matter by means of which may be explained the things which the ancients have attributed to occult influences." Kirchmaier.
It is apparent that Descartes often presented theories as his own work that were actually based on his reading of prior authors, and it can be inferred that Descartes omission of such acknowledgements was deliberate. I will cite a variety of such instances, and particularly his pineal gland theory, which I will demonstrate as being derived from the earlier theory of Costa ben Luca, though unacknowledged by Descartes.
I shall also show that Descartes was widely regarded amongst his contemporaries as being an occultist, and will look in some detail at astrological and esoteric aspects of his writings.
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