Viii. The Divinization Of Space : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 190 VIII. THE DIVINIZATION OF SPACE "Joseph Raphson" Newton, as far as I know, never quoted More; nor did he make an explicit reference to his teachings. Yet the relations between the theories of the two Cambridge...
Preface : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. vii PREFACE Time and again, when studying the history of scientific and philosophical thought in the sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries--they are, indeed, so closely interrelated and linked together th...
I. The Sky And The Heavens : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 4 p. 5 I. THE SKY AND THE HEAVENS "Nicholas of Cusa and it is certain that the speculations of the Greek thinkers about the infinity of space and the multiplicity of worlds have played an important part...
Title Page And Front Matter : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], FROM THE CLOSED WORLD TO THE INFINITE UNIVERSE ALEXANDRE KOYR, PH. D., LITT. D. "cole Practique Des Hautes tudes, Sorbonne, Paris" Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins Press [1957] Scanned, proofed and formatted , January...
Iv. Things Never Seen Before And Thoughts : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 88 IV. THINGS NEVER SEEN BEFORE AND THOUGHTS NEVER THOUGHT: THE DISCOVERY OF NEW STARS IN THE WORLD SPACE AND THE MATERIALIZATION OF SPACE "Galileo yet we can still feel the excitement and pride glowing beneath...
Ix. God And The World. Space, Matter, Ether : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 206 IX. GOD AND THE WORLD: SPACE, MATTER, ETHER AND SPIRIT "Isaac Newton" It is difficult to tell what the reasons were that determined Newton to enlarge, in the Latin edition (translation) of his "Opticks"...
X. Absolute Space And Absolute Time. God's : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 221 X. ABSOLUTE SPACE AND ABSOLUTE TIME: GOD'S FRAME OF ACTION "Berkeley which distinction, as it is at large explained by the author, doth suppose those quantities to have an existence without the mind; and p. 222...
Vii. Absolute Space, Absolute Time And Their : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 155 VII. ABSOLUTE SPACE, ABSOLUTE TIME AND THEIR RELATIONS TO GOD "Malebranche, Newton it is, in a word, the intelligible idea of possible worlds. It is what your mind contemplates when you think about the infinite...
Xii. Conclusion. The Divine Artifex : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 273 XII. CONCLUSION: THE DIVINE ARTIFEX AND THE DIEU FAINANT Why, indeed? Leibniz, who was much more interested in morals than in physics and in man than in the cosmos, could have answered that it was the only means...
Notes : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 277 NOTES INTRODUCTION AND CHAPTER I 1. Cf. A. N. Whitehead, "Science and the modern world", New York, 1925; E. A. Burtt, "The metaphysical foundations of modern physical science", New York, 1926; J. H. Randall, "...
V. Indefinite Extension Or Infinite Space : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 110 V. INDEFINITE EXTENSION OR INFINITE SPACE "Descartes that everything, even God, is extended? How could He otherwise be present in the world? Thus More writes:3 First, you establish a definition of matter...
Ii. The New Astronomy And The New Metaphysics : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 28 II. THE NEW ASTRONOMY AND THE NEW METAPHYSICS "N. Copernicus, Th. Digges, G. Bruno & W. Gilbert" Palingenius and Copernicus are practically contemporaries. Indeed, the "Zodiacus vitae" and the "De revolutionibus...
Xi. The Work Day God And The God Of The Sabbath : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 235 XI. THE WORK-DAY GOD AND THE GOD OF THE SABBATH "Newton & Leibniz" Newton's veiled and Roger Cotes open counterattack upon the "plenists" did not remain unanswered. If the Cartesians, properly speaking, did not...
Introduction : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 1 INTRODUCTION It is generally admitted that the seventeenth century underwent, and accomplished, a very radical spiritual revolution of which modern science is at the same time the root and the fruit.1 This...
Iii. The New Astronomy Against The New Metaphysics : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 58 III. THE NEW ASTRONOMY AGAINST THE NEW METAPHYSICS "Johannes Kepler's Rejection of Infinity" The conception of the infinity of the universe is, of course, a purely metaphysical doctrine that may well--as it...
Untitled : * The infinite Universe of the New Cosmology, infinite in Duration as well as in Extension, in which eternal matter in accordance with eternal and necessary laws moves endlessly and aimlessly in eternal space, inherited all the ontological attributes of Divinity. Yet only those--all the others...
Vi. God And Space, Spirit And Matter : * "From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe", by Alexander Koyr, [1957], p. 125 VI. GOD AND SPACE, SPIRIT AND MATTER "Henry More" The breaking off of the correspondence with--and the death of--Descartes did not put an end to Henry More's preoccupation with the teaching of the great French...
