《Tetrabiblos》The Form And Temperament Of The BodyClaudius Ptolemy（Ashmand 英譯 1822）
In fact, the body, in its materiality, is endowed with suitable constitutional properties begotten with it, and almost apparent from its very birth; but the soul afterwards, and by degrees, develops the appropriate qualities which it derives from the primary cause, and which become known much later than external attributes, and in process of time only.
段落 tetra-3-theformand-2public-domain (Ashmand 1822)
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