History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps HoP 366 - The Men Who Saw Tomorrow - Renaissance Magic and Astrology
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Sforza Patient and Delayed Treatment
- In Milan the Sforza family employed astrologers and blamed astrological fate when Jan Galeazzo Sforza died young.
- Doctors delayed treatment until an unfavorable lunar conjunction passed, showing practical reliance on astrology.
Cardano’s Ptolemaic Astrology
- Girolamo Cardano defended Ptolemaic astrology and used nativity charts to explain historical and personal events.
- He published horoscopes, claimed predictive successes, yet denied absolute astral determinism.
Pico’s Theological Objection
- Pico della Mirandola launched a sharp critique of judicial astrology, arguing it conflicts with Christian free will.
- He allowed general celestial effects but denied stars influence specific individual events.