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Little Question Three of Principal Question One. Whether one person is inclined by the stars toward one science and another toward another science

Little Question Three of Principal Question One

Whether one person is inclined by the stars toward one science and another toward another science

It is asked whether one person is inclined by the stars or by other accidents toward one science and another toward another.

To this it is answered similarly that it does not arise from some celestial power at the time of birth that one person is naturally more apt for one science and another for another.

This is proved similarly, because celestial bodies cannot naturally and directly render us apt for the sciences, although they can indeed do so per accidens.

These things are from Albert and Henry.

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Bartholomaeus Sibylla, O.P., “Little Question Three of Principal Question One. Whether one person is inclined by the stars toward one science and another toward another science,” in The Mirror of Unusual Questions, English translation, Mind of the Church, https://mindofthechurch.com/works/sibylla-speculum/098-little-question-three-of-principal-question-one-whether-one/.

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