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Nine Books on the Nature of Things
Attributed to Paracelsus · Diotimos Editions · 2026
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The source distinguishes compulsion from inclination in its account of stellar effects. Stars compel the animal person but can be governed by the wise; later their giving inclination and signs is described as an assigned office rather than unrestricted dominion. These qualifications are essential to the argument and prevent turning its astral claims into one absolute statement of inevitability.
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- Book 9 · Signature · Passage 21Latin“inclinationem dent”