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Feb 2021
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HoP 366 - The Men Who Saw Tomorrow - Ren...

PETER ADAMSON
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Ficino, Pico, Cardano, and other Renaissance thinkers debate whether astrology and magic are legitimate sciences with a foundation in natural philosophy. 
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