A model of philosopher prince: Solomon, Hiram and Sheba in Michael Maier’s Septimana Philosophica

 

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Xehetasun bibliografikoak
Egilea: López Martínez, Juan José
Formatua: artículo original
Egoera:Versión publicada
Argitaratze data:2025
Deskribapena:Taking as a motive the visit of the Queen of Sheba to Jerusalem to test Solomon’s wisdom, Michael Maier publishes in 1620 his Septimana Philosophica, a literary dialogue on alchemical subjects where he speculates about the content of the conversations held between the kings, adding Hiram of Tyre. We investigate here the symbolic role of these three biblical figures within the dialogue and the hermetic tradition, especially the alchemical one, and how they prefigure the idea of the “philosopher prince”, confronting with a selection of passages, to which we add our own translations.
Herria:Portal de Revistas UCR
Erakundea:Universidad de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UCR
Hizkuntza:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:portal.ucr.ac.cr:article/61900
Sarrera elektronikoa:https://revistas.ucr.ac.cr/index.php/rehmlac/article/view/61900
Gako-hitza:Solomon
Hiram
Sheba
Alchemy
Michael Maier
Salomón
Saba
Alquimia