firminus
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- description
- A liberally educated friend of the narrator, well-versed in Rhetoric, whose life story and family's astrological experiments became a key argument against the practice.
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- liberal education
- interest
- curious consulter of astrologers
- relationship
- friend of narrator
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- consultedNarrator
- description
- Firminus sought the narrator's opinion on his affairs, based on his astrological constellations.
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- consulted me, as one very dear to him, what, according to his so-called constellations, I thought on certain affairs of his
- heard_fromFirminus's Father
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- Firminus recounted information he had learned from his father concerning astrological practices.
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- he had heard of his father, which how far it went to overthrow the estimation of that art
- shared_birth_constellations_withWoman-Servant's Child
- description
- Firminus and the woman-servant's child were born at the same instant, leading to identical astrological constellations.
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- both were delivered at the same instant; so that both were constrained to allow the same constellations, even to the minutest points
- experiencedDivergent Fates
- description
- Despite sharing identical birth constellations, Firminus lived a life of high estate, riches, and honors, while the servant's child remained a slave.
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- Firminus, born in a high estate in his parents' house, ran his course through the gilded paths of life, was increased in riches, raised to honours; whereas that slave continued to serve his masters
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- 2026-03-02T21:55:50.230Z
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