With its presentation of a 'Characteristics of Corpus Hermeticum', well-founded in methodology, which incorporates the history of knowledge, form and content, this volume establishes the requirements for an extensive and systematic exploration of the impact history of the collection of hermetic texts (Volumes 2-5). The author traces their foundations in the history of knowledge and in their form and subsequently establishes the characteristics of hermetic thought which are presented as the teachings of the Corpus Hermeticum. Skryť popis