From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe

Contents:
Preface
IntroductionI. The Sky and the Heavens
Nicholas of Cusa and Marcellus PaligeniusII. The New Astronomy and the New Metaphysics
N. Copernicus, Th. Digges, G. Bruno and W. GilbertIII. The New Astronomy against the New Metaphysics
Johannes Kelper's rejection of InfinityIV. Things Never Seen Before and Thoughts Never Thought: The Discovery of New Stars in the World Space and the Materialization of Space
Galileo and DescartesV. Indefinite Extension or Infinite Space
Descartes and Henry MoreVI. God and Space, Spirit and Matter
Henry MoreVII. Absolute Space, Absolute Time and Their Relations
Malebranche, Newton and BentleyVIII. The Divinization of Space
Joseph RaphsonIX. God and the World: Space, Matter, Ether and Spirit
Isaac NewtonX. Absolute Space and Absolute Time: God's Frame of Action
Berkeley and NewtonXI. The Work-Day God and the God of the Sabbath
Newton and LeibnizXII. Conclusion: The Divine Artifex and the Dieu FainéantNotes
Index

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