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A history of magic and experimental science

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II. His Medicine and Experimental Science . . . 139

HI. His Attitude Tovi^ard Magic 165
5. Ancient Applied Science and Magic: Vitruvius,
Hero, and the Greek Alchemists 182
6. Plutarch's Essays 200
7. Apuleius of Mad aura 221
8. Philostratus's Life of Apollonius of Tyana . . . 242
9. Literary and Philosophical Attacks upon Supersti-
tion : Cicero, Favorinus, Sextus Empiricus, Lucian 268
TO. Spurious Mystic Writings of Hermes, Orpheus, and
Zoroaster 287
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n. Neo-Platonism and Its Relations to Astrology and
Theurgy 298
12. Aelian, Solinus, and Horapollo 322