Aristotle reportedly became fascinated with palmistry when he came across a missing treatise on the subject and shared the information with his famous, pupil, Alexander the Great. It was a topic of interest in ancient Greece and Rome, where it was used in medical diagnosis and character evaluation. How can lines and bumps in the palm of the hand foretell your future? Yet, you can find palm readers all over the world you may have one in your area. Some people think palmistry (or chiromancy as it is sometimes known) is hocus pocus and that it is all nonsense. By Atalanta Grant-Suttie Title page of Excellente chiromancie monstrant par les lignes de la main les meurs & complexions des gens selon les figures qui y sont depeintes by Andre Corve, 1578
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