«known as Abu Ma'shar the astrologer, said: The reason that called us to write The Book of the Introduction to the Science of the Judgments of the Stars, is that I saw that the lovers of science aspire to the knowledge of things and the discovery of the sciences, and compiling them, so when that is prepared for them their desire is fulfilled: because the fulfillment of scholars' goals happens» — el arranque del capítulo I.1, en tercera persona y con la fórmula *dijo*: el motivo declarado para escribir es que los amantes de la ciencia aspiran al conocimiento de las cosas y a compilarlas
Astrología
What does this tradition say about experience, knowledge and transformation? We approach these questions with consciousness as our centre, listening to the language of each source.
Gonzalo Olivares Velázquez · Spiritus Mundi
1 · Listen to the sources
How these passages were chosen: from the works assigned to this tradition, in alphabetical order, the first passage of each whose quoted words name consciousness, awareness, soul, spirit or knowledge (in English or Spanish); one per work, up to four. The choice is by vocabulary only: a passage may agree with our reading, disagree with it, or leave the question open.
«The discovery of the knowledge of the indications of celestial bodies on terrestrial events is obtained from natural movements, because they are the indications of the celestial bodies nearest to our senses.» — I.1 funda todo el sistema en los movimientos naturales, y la razón que da es de accesibilidad: son los más cercanos a los sentidos.
2 · Ask what each source declares
Who knows, and what is transformed? Is the relationship between inner experience and the world declared, disputed, or left open? Let the passage determine the answer before bringing it into dialogue with our reading.
Explore documented argument maps →3 · Return to the centre
For us, these paths meet in consciousness. Which passage converses with that reading, and which qualifies or contradicts it? Save it with your own note.
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