Nature and the Cosmos: Essays in the History of IdeasDabor Science Publications, 1977 - 108 Seiten |
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... sphere is the shape of " perfection , " so the divine cosmos is spherical . The five regular solids could well be conceived of as the shapes of the building blocks of the visible universe . Such a conception of mathematical natural law ...
... sphere is the shape of " perfection , " so the divine cosmos is spherical . The five regular solids could well be conceived of as the shapes of the building blocks of the visible universe . Such a conception of mathematical natural law ...
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... sphere of concepts of final causality . There was , as we shall see , within Gnosti- cism , a movement in ancient thought which completely subverted the ancient tradition of cosmic piety and conceived of man as the inhabitant of an ...
... sphere of concepts of final causality . There was , as we shall see , within Gnosti- cism , a movement in ancient thought which completely subverted the ancient tradition of cosmic piety and conceived of man as the inhabitant of an ...
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... sphere , another perfect figure , with the earth at its center . Perfect motion was uniform , circular , and eternal ... sphere . The discovery of the precession of the equinoxes posited another motion to the starry sphere besides that ...
... sphere , another perfect figure , with the earth at its center . Perfect motion was uniform , circular , and eternal ... sphere . The discovery of the precession of the equinoxes posited another motion to the starry sphere besides that ...
Inhalt
The History of Ideas and the Study of Literature | 1 |
The Unnaturalness of Metaphysical Poetry | 18 |
The Theme of Cosmic Order | 59 |
Urheberrecht | |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
achievement acosmic ancient Anniversary Aristotle Burckhardt classical complex conception contemporary conventions cosmic order cosmic piety cosmological cosmos creation cultural death decay defined disorder divine Donne's Dryden E. R. Dodds earth English erudition Essay existence experience expression faith Gorgias Greek Greek astronomy Hans Jonas heavens Hegel historians history of ideas human images of order imagination important intellectual John Donne Johnson kind knowledge language learning literary literature love poems Lovejoy man's mankind mathematical meaning mechanical philosophy metaphor metaphysical poets mind modern moral motion natural theology nature neoclassical Newton passion philosophical Plato poetic poetry poets of wit Pope Pope's precisely principle reader reality realm relation religious rhetoric scientific sense sensibility seventeenth century similitude simply soul sphere Spitzer Stoics T. S. Eliot teleology Tesauro theology things thinkers thou thought tion tradition transcendent true truth understanding verse vision words writing