
HoP 363 - Man of Discoveries - Girolamo Cardano
History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps
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The History of Philosophy Without Any Gap
Mathematician Cardano wrote a whole treatise on dreams, based to a large extent on an ancient guide to dream interpretation by Sinesius. The topic of prophetic dreams is closely connected to medicine for the Renaissance Italian. We receive prophetic dreams when the spirit that flows through the body is well prepared and at rest - which is why the dreams come when we sleep. On one occasion he was on the verge of administering what would have been a fatal therapy but was held back by a dream warning.
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