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Aristotelianism and Hermeticism in Renaissance Naples - Paul Ferguson - 03-05-2026
Aristotelianism and Hermeticism in Renaissance Naples: Francesco Storella and the Secrets of Alchemy
Donato Verardi
"This article examines the role of the logician Francesco Storella (active ca. 1550–1575) in contributing to the intellectual and social legitimation of alchemy in mid sixteenth-century Naples. Storella achieved this by leveraging the tradition of the “Hermetic Aristotle,” focusing on his 1555 edition and commentary of the Secretum secretorum."
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https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00026980.2025.2598098