Minderwiz
Thank you, Minderwiz! From you it means a lot! We're all learning.
Yes we are - it's a never ending process, which is what makes it so fascinating
Ronia said:This was just my point of view. For example, you are studying Hellenistic and they were far more fatalistic in their understating, as far as I know and from what I read on the Hellenistic thread. .
Yes they were much more fatalistic but that was not down to the techniques but to the prevailing Stoic philosophy (which also heavily influenced early Christianity). However, despite that being the dominant view, you will find some Hellenistic Astrologers who are more open to a role for free will. Valens is very deterministic, Ptolemy is less so. By modern standards though all of them are more accepting of fate, than we are today. That being said is our idea of 'free will' not just as illusory as their idea of predetermination. (Discuss LOL)