STARS AFFECT THE PHYSICAL, NOT THE MENTAL BEING.
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Plotinus and Guthrie, Kenneth Sylvan
The stars act on the body only in a physical way, and thus impart to them heat, cold, and the variety of temperament which results therefrom. But how could they endow the man with habits, tastes, and inclinations which do not seem to depend on the temperament, such as the avocation of a surveyor, a grammarian, a gambler, or an inventor?