《Tetrabiblos》The Quality And Nature Of The EffectClaudius Ptolemy（Ashmand 英譯 1822）
It would, however, be a business of infinite labour and innumerable combinations, quite beyond the limits of this treatise, to set forth fully every contemperament and all configurations, in every mode in which they can possibly exist; and the knowledge of them must therefore be acquired by particular discrimination in every instance, under the guidance of the precepts of science.
段落 tetra-2-thequality-34public-domain (Ashmand 1822)
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