# A History of Magic and Experimental Science, Volume 2 (of 2) During the First Thirteen Centuries of Our Era

Author: Thorndike, Lynn, 1882-1965

Genre: Category: History - Other

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67330

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=A+History+of+Magic+and+Experimental+Science%2C+Volume+2+%28of+2%29+During+the+First+Thirteen+Thorndike&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Relation of scholastic theology to our theme--Character of Abelard’s learning--Incorrect statements of his views--The nature of the stars--Prediction of natural and contingent events--The Magi and the star--Demons and forces in nature--Magic and natural science--Hugh of St. Victor--Character of the _Didascalicon_--Meaning of _Physica_--The study of history--The two mathematics: astrology, natural and superstitious--The superlunar and sublunar worlds--Discussion of magic--Five sub-divisions of magic--_De bestiis et aliis rebus_.

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER LXXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/52/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/37/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/39/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/48/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/43/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/32/index.md)
- [chapter 20, I, 473.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/49/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XL](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/41/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/40/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/42/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/38/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/46/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/34/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/13/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXXI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/50/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/45/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XXXV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/44/index.md)
- [CHAPTER LXIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/47/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVII](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIV](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER L](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLVI](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XLIX](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 21 then instructs how to turn day into night or night into](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/23/index.md)
- [x. The Ὀνειροκριτικά was printed by the Aldine press at Venice, 1518;](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/25/index.md)
- [Chapter 30.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/10/index.md)
- [part 2), pp. 1065-84; for the Hebrew text and an English translation,](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/20/index.md)
- [chapter 12.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/51/index.md)
- [Book VI, or at col. 809 in Migne. St. John’s 98, 14th century, fol.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/5/index.md)
- [BOOK V. THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/28/index.md)
- [BOOK V. THE THIRTEENTH CENTURY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/3/index.md)
- [BOOK IV. THE TWELFTH CENTURY](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 16 tells how to learn the hour of one’s death, and chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/22/index.md)
- [VOLUME II](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 61. Roger Bacon.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/27/index.md)
- [Chapter 59. Albertus Magnus.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/a-history-of-magic-and-experimental-science-volume-2-of-2-durin-0d28ffa2/chapters/26/index.md)