Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos
Ptolemy
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrabiblos Release date is 2023-05-24
deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
"Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos: or Quadripartite, being four books of the influence of" by Claudius Ptolemy is a text on astrology written in the 2nd century CE. This companion volume to Ptolemy's astronomical masterwork Almagest shaped astrological practice for over a millennium. Ptolemy systematically arranged astrological techniques and defended the subject through natural philosophy, explaining celestial influences using Aristotelian principles. The work profoundly influenced medieval Islamic and Christian thought, earned theological acceptance, and became required reading at Renaissance universities, leaving an enduring mark on Western culture and modern astrological practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Astrology -- Early works to 1800
BF
Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos - 1 online resource : multiple file formats
Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrabiblos Release date is 2023-05-24
deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) deaurider and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
"Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos: or Quadripartite, being four books of the influence of" by Claudius Ptolemy is a text on astrology written in the 2nd century CE. This companion volume to Ptolemy's astronomical masterwork Almagest shaped astrological practice for over a millennium. Ptolemy systematically arranged astrological techniques and defended the subject through natural philosophy, explaining celestial influences using Aristotelian principles. The work profoundly influenced medieval Islamic and Christian thought, earned theological acceptance, and became required reading at Renaissance universities, leaving an enduring mark on Western culture and modern astrological practice. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Astrology -- Early works to 1800
BF