From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe, by Alexander Koyré, [1957], at sacred-texts.com
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Preface, | |
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Introduction, | |
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The Sky and the Heavens, | |
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NICHOLAS OF CUSA AND MARCELLUS PALIGENIUS |
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The New Astronomy and the New Metaphysics, | |
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N. COPERNICUS, TH. DIGGES, G. BRUNO AND W. GILBERT |
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The New Astronomy against the New Metaphysics, | |
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JOHANNES KEPLER'S REJECTION OF INFINITY |
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Things Never Seen Before and Thoughts Never Thought: the Discovery of New Stars in the World Space and the Materialization of Space, | |
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GALILEO AND DESCARTES |
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Indefinite Extension or Infinite Space, | |
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DESCARTES AND HENRY MORE |
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God and Space, Spirit and Matter, | |
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HENRY MORE |
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Absolute Space, Absolute Time and Their Relations to God, | |
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MALEBRANCHE, NEWTON AND BENTLEY |
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The Divinization of Space, | |
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JOSEPH RAPHSON |
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God and the World: Space, Matter, Ether and Spirit, | |
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ISAAC NEWTON |
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Absolute Space and Absolute Time: God's Frame of Action, | |
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BERKELEY AND NEWTON |
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The Work-Day God and the God of the Sabbath, | |
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NEWTON AND LEIBNIZ |
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Conclusion: |
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The Divine Artifex and the Dieu Fainéant, | |
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Notes, | |
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Index, |
Figure 1. Typical pre-Copernican diagram of the universe, 7
Figure 2. Thomas Digges's diagram of the infinite Copernican universe, 37
Figure 3. The figure M of Kepler, 79
Figure 4. Galileo's star-picture of the shield and sword of Orion, 93