How Rational Was the Renaissance? Discuss the Influence of Occult

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Essay

How rational was the Renaissance? Discuss the influence of occult and magical texts on writers such as Pico and the popularity of hermetic magic, astrology, and alchemy.

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Definitions:

Inductive Logic

A reasoning process that involves making generalizations based on observations of specific instances.

Qualitative

Involving research methods that collect non-numerical data to understand concepts, thoughts, or experiences through analysis of textual, visual, or audio data.

Quantitative

Relating to, measuring, or measured by the quantity of something rather than its quality.

Hypothesis

A tentative statement about a particular relationship (between objects, people, or groups of people) that can be tested empirically.