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Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

"Natural Magick is taken to be nothing else, but the chief power of all the natural Sciences; which therefore they call the top and perfection of Natural Philosophy, and which is indeed the active part of the same; which by the assistance of natural forces and faculties, through their mutual & opportune application, performs those things that are above Human Reason."

Source : Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa von Nettesheim (1676). “The Vanity of Arts and Sciences”, p.110

Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa

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Source : Amanda Ripley (2009). “The Unthinkable: Who survives when disaster strikes - and why”, p.63, Random House
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Source : "Causal machines". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. April 10, 2012.
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