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HoP 347 - Bonfire of the Vanities - Savonarola

History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps

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The Impossibility of Astrology

Savonarolo argued that astrology is impossible. He was an agreement with Pico, who wrote a treatise against the astrological art. Savonarolo imagines himself meeting seven characters who represent the gifts of the Holy Spirit. The first initials of their names spell out the Latin word veditas, meaning truth.

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