{"product_id":"from-the-closed-world-to-the-infinite-universe-9780801803475","title":"From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandre Koyre interprets this revolution in terms of the change that occurred in our conception of the universe and our place in it and shows the primacy of this change in the development of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn important contribution to the problem of the transition from the world view characteristic of the medieval centuries to that which rapidly gained acceptance after the seventeenth century. Philosophical Quarterly Koyre has provided the material and has illuminated it with uniformly perceptive and occasionally brilliant commentary... An important contribution to the study of 17th-century thought. -- Thomas S. Kuhn Science A model of scholarliness without pedantry, of clarity without oversimplification. -- Arthur Koestler Encounter Surely a work that will be welcomed alike by the scientist, philosopher, and historian of ideas. Philosophy and Phenomenological Research\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eContents:  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 FaineantNotes  Index","brand":"Hopkins Fulfillment Service","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51618769535319,"sku":"9780801803475","price":27.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801803475.jpg?v=1756903274","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/from-the-closed-world-to-the-infinite-universe-9780801803475","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}