As evidenced by student notebooks, astrology was a core component of the university curriculum in Scotland until the late seventeenth century. Edinburgh University Library catalogues document that purchases of astrology books peaked in the 1670s. By 1700, however, astrology’s place in academia had been irrevocably lost. The reasons for this abrupt elimination include changes in natural philosophy as scholastic ideas and texts were shed and Cartesianism, Copernicanism, Newtonianism and the experimental and observational methods were adopted. The changing identity of astrological practitioners also played a major role, as did the personal animosity of influential individuals like the mathematician and astronomer David Gregory.

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十七世纪苏格兰占星术的边缘化


正如学生笔记本所证明的那样，直到 17 世纪末，占星术一直是苏格兰大学课程的核心组成部分。爱丁堡大学图书馆的目录记录表明，占星学书籍的购买量在 1670 年代达到顶峰。然而，到了 1700 年，占星术在学术界的地位已经无可挽回地失去了。这种突然消除的原因包括自然哲学的变化，因为经院思想和文本被抛弃，笛卡尔主义、哥白尼主义、牛顿主义以及实验和观察方法被采用。占星术从业者身份的变化也起到了重要作用，数学家和天文学家大卫·格雷戈里等有影响力的人的个人仇恨也起到了重要作用。