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<blockquote>A series of early Egyptian books is attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, who may have been a real savant, or may be a personification of a long succession of writers.... He is identified by some with the Greek god Hermes [equated with the Roman god Mercury] and the Egyptian [[Thoth]].... The Egyptians regarded him as the god of wisdom, letters, and the recording of time.<ref>James Campbell Brown, ''A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times till the Present Day'' (London: J. & A. Churchill, 1913).</ref></blockquote> | <blockquote>A series of early Egyptian books is attributed to Hermes Trismegistus, who may have been a real savant, or may be a personification of a long succession of writers.... He is identified by some with the Greek god Hermes [equated with the Roman god Mercury] and the Egyptian [[Thoth]].... The Egyptians regarded him as the god of wisdom, letters, and the recording of time.<ref>James Campbell Brown, ''A History of Chemistry from the Earliest Times till the Present Day'' (London: J. & A. Churchill, 1913).</ref></blockquote> | ||
[[File:Trismegistos.jpg|thumb|Hermes Trismegistus, from ''Viridarium chymicum'', D. Stolcius von Stolcenbeerg (1624)]] | |||
== The emerald tablet == | == The emerald tablet == | ||