Avicenna (section Astronomy and astrology) of astrology to foretell the future. He believed that each classical planet had some influence on the Earth but argued against current astrological practices... 114 KB (13,286 words) - 13:50, 28 March 2024 |
techniques, one of the easiest forms of pottery to manufacture was called qoli, which imitated Chinese porcelain with a white body but with a loose glaze... 15 KB (1,663 words) - 23:58, 20 March 2024 |
not have a belief in astrology and divination: "I did not observe that he (scil. Omar Khayyam) had any great belief in astrological predictions, nor have... 79 KB (8,925 words) - 20:39, 24 March 2024 |
was also familiar with such diverse fields as mathematics, astronomy, astrology, alchemy, medicine, botany, Koranic exegesis, Islamic theory and law,... 97 KB (12,264 words) - 02:05, 17 March 2024 |
exercises in irony and ridicule make pungent reading. He was adept in astrology and considered himself to be superior to his contemporaries in logic,... 6 KB (698 words) - 02:43, 31 December 2023 |