Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, or Quadripartite: Being Four Books of the Influence of the Stars, Newly Translated from the Greek Paraphrase of Proclus, with E

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Excerpt from Ptolemy's Tetrabiblos, or Quadripartite: Being Four Books of the Influence of the Stars, Newly Translated From the Greek Paraphrase of Proclus, With Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix, Containing Extracts From the Almagest of Ptolemy, and the Whole of His Centiloquy VII. The mingled in¿uences of the stars can be under stood by no one who has not previously acquired knowledge of the combinations and varieties existing in nature. VIII. A sagacious mind improves the operation of the heavens, as a skilful farmer, by cultivation, improves na ture. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.