A history of western astrology

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A history of western astrology

S.J. Tester

Boydell Press, 1987

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Includes bibliographical references and index

内容説明・目次

巻冊次

: pbk ISBN 9780851152554

内容説明

`Superb general account.' Times Literary Supplement The story of the history of Western astrology begins with the philosophers of Greece in the 5th century BC. To the magic and stargazing of Egypt the Greeks addednumerology, geometryand rational thought. The philosophy of Plato and later of the Stoics made astrology respectable, and by the time Ptolemy wrote his textbook the Tetrabiblos, in the second century AD, the main lines of astrological practice as it is known today had already been laid down. In future centuries astrology shifted to Islam only to return to the West in medieval times where it flourished until the shift of ideas during the Renaissance.

目次

  • From the beginnings to Manilius
  • from Manillius to Vettius Valens
  • Alexandria to Byzantium - Ptolemy and later Greek astrology
  • the latin Middle Ages
  • renaissance and enlightenment - the second death of astrology.
巻冊次

ISBN 9780851154466

内容説明

The story of the history of Western astrology begins with the philosophers of Greece in the 5th century BC. the Greeks added numerology, geometry and rational thought. The philosophy of Plato and later of the Stoics made astrology respectable, and by the time Ptolemy wrote his textbook the Tetrabiblos, in the second century AD, the main lines of astrological practice as it is known today had already been laid down. In future centuries astrology shifted toIslam only to return to the West in medieval times where it flourished until the shift of ideas during the Renaissance.

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詳細情報

  • NII書誌ID(NCID)
    BA0119437X
  • ISBN
    • 0851154468
    • 0851152554
  • LCCN
    86024503
  • 出版国コード
    uk
  • タイトル言語コード
    eng
  • 本文言語コード
    eng
  • 出版地
    Woodbridge, Suffolk
  • ページ数/冊数
    viii, 256 p.
  • 大きさ
    25 cm
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