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The cathedral clock and the cosmological clock metaphor
pp. 399-416
Abstract
A new world picture was developed in the seventeenth century around the mechanistic philosophies of leading men of science, particularly those of Galileo, Descartes, Boyle and Newton, but it was a development grounded in religion as well as science. The scientists themselves showed concern with making their picture of the world as a machine harmonize with religion, and some even felt that they were making a contribution to religion by showing the structure of the divine workmanship in the Creation.
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Fraser J T, Lawrence Nathaniel (1975) The study of time II: proceedings of the second conference of the International society for the study of time, Lake Yamanaka-Japan. Dordrecht, Springer.
Pages: 399-416
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-50121-0_30
Full citation:
Haber Francis C. (1975) „The cathedral clock and the cosmological clock metaphor“, In: J.T. Fraser & Lawrence (eds.), The study of time II, Dordrecht, Springer, 399–416.