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Ant_222 Posted 18 years ago
Grammar
What's missing?
Hello all.
Below is a quotation from Paracelsus, wherein I cannot determine the missing letter(s) in the word '*ules',which is used twice though the excerpt and unfortunately both the occurrences happen at the beginning of a line.
"The stars force us to nothing, they incline us to nothing; they are free for themselves, and are are free for ourselves. It is said that a wise man *ules over the stars; but this does not mean that he *ules over the stars in the sky, but over the powers that are active in his own mental constitution, and which are symbolised by the visible stars in the sky."
Thank you in advance,
Anton
Below is a quotation from Paracelsus, wherein I cannot determine the missing letter(s) in the word '*ules',which is used twice though the excerpt and unfortunately both the occurrences happen at the beginning of a line.
"The stars force us to nothing, they incline us to nothing; they are free for themselves, and are are free for ourselves. It is said that a wise man *ules over the stars; but this does not mean that he *ules over the stars in the sky, but over the powers that are active in his own mental constitution, and which are symbolised by the visible stars in the sky."
Thank you in advance,
Anton
Top answer
Anton!!! You should know this one! Don't you even want to guess?
- Anton!!!
- You should know this one!
- Don't you even want to guess?
- The missing letter is "r".
- CJ
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Anton!!! You should know this one! Don't you even want to guess? 
The missing letter is "r".
CJ
The missing letter is "r".
CJ
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Thank you, CJ. "Rules" did come to my mind, but I didn't think it fit, because, from the context, I was expecting Paracelsus to say that men are not ruled by the stars, not to mention that they don't rule over the stars themselves...
So, I thought this word should have a meaning like: "To be able to derive (draw) knowledge from the motions and positions of the stars and planets".
So, I thought this word should have a meaning like: "To be able to derive (draw) knowledge from the motions and positions of the stars and planets".
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No. He's trying to explain that the meaning of "stars" in the saying "A wise man rules over the stars" is metaphoric -- not literal.
CJ
CJ
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Yes, I got it after your first post. Wise men are masters of the faculties of their own minds. I just told you what I had thought before.
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