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From the closed world to the infinite universe

Alexandre Koyré

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Preface Alexandre Koyré

pp.vii-x
Contents

pp.xi-xii
Introduction Alexandre Koyré

pp.1-3
I. the sky and the heavens

Nicolas of cusa and Marcellus paligenius

Alexandre Koyré

pp.5-27
Ii. the new astronomy and the new metaphysics

Copernicus, digges, bruno, and gilbert

Alexandre Koyré

pp.28-75
Iii. the new astronomy against the new metaphysics

JohAnnes kepler's rejection of infinity

Alexandre Koyré

pp.58-87
Iv. things never seen before and thoughts never thought

The discovery of the new stars in the world space and the materialization of space. Galileo & Descartes

Alexandre Koyré

pp.88-109
V. indefinite extension or infinite space

Descartes & Henry more

Alexandre Koyré

pp.110-124
Vi. God and space, spirit and matter

Henry more

Alexandre Koyré

pp.125-154
Vii. absolute space, absolute time and their relations to god

Malebranche, Newton & bentley

Alexandre Koyré

pp.155-189
Viii. the divinization of space

Joseph raphson

Alexandre Koyré

pp.190-205
Ix. God and the worlD. space, matter, ether and spirit

Isaac Newton

Alexandre Koyré

pp.206-220
X. absolute space and absolute time. god's frame of action

Berkeley & Newton

Alexandre Koyré

pp.221-234
Xi. the work-day God and the God of the sabbath

Newton & Leibniz

Alexandre Koyré

pp.235-272
Xii. conclusion. the divine artifex and the dieu fainéant Alexandre Koyré

pp.273-276
Notes Alexandre Koyré

pp.277-304
Index

pp.305-313

Publication details

Publisher: John Hopkins Press

Place: Baltimore

Year: 1957

Pages: 313

Series: Publications of the Institute of the History of Medicine, the Johns Hopkins University: Hideyo Noguchi lectures

Series volume: 7

Full citation:

Koyré Alexandre (1957) From the closed world to the infinite universe. Baltimore, John Hopkins Press.