This paper focuses on an apparent paradox. In the early decades of the eighteenth century, Jesuit professors of mathematics at the College of Santo Antao in Lisbon delivered entire courses of astrology while astrological almanacs testified to the fact that astrology had ceased to appeal to large sectors of Portuguese society. This case thus challenges the traditional perception that early modern scholars increasingly dissociated themselves from astrology whereas it still continued to play a major role in common people’s lives and beliefs. Furthermore, this also contradicts the view according to which the Counter-Reformation played a crucial role in the marginalization of astrology. This paper argues that Portuguese Jesuits followed a flexible interpretation of Thomas Aquinas regarding the extent of celestial influence and perceived astrology as compatible with Aristotelianism. It understands the downfall of astrology within the context of political centralization that characterized the reign of Pedro II.

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耶稣会悖论：早期现代葡萄牙的知识权威、政治权力和占星术的边缘化


本文关注一个明显的悖论。十八世纪初期，里斯本圣安道学院的耶稣会数学教授开设了完整的占星学课程，而占星学年鉴证明占星术已不再对葡萄牙社会的大部分人产生吸引力。因此，这个案例挑战了传统观念，即早期现代学者越来越远离占星术，但它仍然继续在普通人的生活和信仰中发挥重要作用。此外，这也与反宗教改革在占星术边缘化中发挥关键作用的观点相矛盾。本文认为，葡萄牙耶稣会士对托马斯·阿奎那 (Thomas Aquinas) 的天体影响程度和感知占星术与亚里士多德主义兼容的程度做出了灵活的解释。它理解在佩德罗二世统治时期的政治集权背景下占星术的衰落。