《Tetrabiblos》Animal Quits The Womb, And Assumes Another State Of ExistenceClaudius Ptolemy（Ashmand 英譯 1822）
It is therefore perfectly admissible, and consistent with reason, that the configuration of the stars, as it exists at the time of birth, although it cannot be said to possess any share of the creative cause, should still be considered to act in signification, as fully as the configuration at the time of conception; because it has, of necessity, a power corresponding to that configuration which actually possessed the creative cause.
段落 tetra-3-animalquit-8public-domain (Ashmand 1822)
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