Marriage and Divorce of Astronomy and Astrology: A History of Astral Prediction from Antiquity to NewtonLulu.com, 2006 M08 1 - 228 páginas This is a study of the union of astronomy and astrology, and relations to astral worship, from early Babylonian times, through medieval European times, up to and including the time of Isaac Newton, especially in relation to prediction, and with extensions into more recent times. There is also discussion of related matters in other cultures, such as Chinese, Indian, Native American and African. |
Contenido
Some Sources of Astral Beliefs | 2 |
From Astral Beliefs to Kepler Fludd and Newton | 36 |
Some Astrological Techniques | 78 |
From Babylon to Copernicus | 94 |
Stoics Kepler and Evaluations | 129 |
Diodorus Siculus of Sicily Bibliotheca Historica Book II 2829 31 Chapter 6 Earlier Christians and Astrology | 177 |
Updates and Addenda | 205 |
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