
HoP 365 - Spirits in the Material World - Telesio and Campanella on Nature
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The Importance of Astrology
Ficino's revival of neo-Platonism may seem a strange combination with the down-to-earth accounts offered by Telesio's physics. Campanella was able to find points of commonality, notably that the Platonists recognized a world soul that bivifies the entire cosmos. Can you use observations of the planets to predict the future of a newborn child? To determine the best time to launch a war or embark on a voyage? In short, is it possible to do astrology?
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