From the closed world to the infinite universe - Koyré, Alexandre 1882-1964 (Baltimore Johns Hopkins Press, 1957)
The sky and the heavens / Nicholas of Cusa and Marcellus Paligenius -- the new astronomy and the new metaphysics / N. Coppernicus,TH. Digges,G. Bruno and W. Gilbert -- the new astronomy against the new metaphysics / Johannes Keepler's rejection of infinity -- things never seen before and thoughts never thought : the discovery of new stars in the world space and the materialization of space / Galileo and descartes -- indefinite extension or infinite space / Descartes and Henry More -- god and space,spirit and matter / Henry More -- absolute space,absolute time and their relations to god / Malebranche,Newton and Bentley -- the divinization of space / Joseph Raphson -- god and the world : space,matter,ether and spirit / Isaac Newton -- absolute space and absolute time : god's frame of action / Berkeley and Newton -- the work-day god and the god of the sabbath / Newton and Leibniz -- Conclusion : the divine artifex and the Dieu Faineant.
Includes index.
Keywords: Cosmology