Preface

7-10

Contents

11-12

Introduction

1-3

I. the sky and the heavens

Nicolas of cusa and Marcellus paligenius

5-27

Ii. the new astronomy and the new metaphysics

Copernicus, digges, bruno, and gilbert

28-75

Iii. the new astronomy against the new metaphysics

JohAnnes kepler's rejection of infinity

58-87

Iv. things never seen before and thoughts never thought

The discovery of the new stars in the world space and the materialization of space. Galileo & Descartes

88-109

V. indefinite extension or infinite space

Descartes & Henry more

110-124

Vi. God and space, spirit and matter

Henry more

125-154

Vii. absolute space, absolute time and their relations to god

Malebranche, Newton & bentley

155-189

Viii. the divinization of space

Joseph raphson

190-205

Ix. God and the worlD. space, matter, ether and spirit

Isaac Newton

206-220

X. absolute space and absolute time. god's frame of action

Berkeley & Newton

221-234

Xi. the work-day God and the God of the sabbath

Newton & Leibniz

235-272

Xii. conclusion. the divine artifex and the dieu fainéant

273-276

Notes

277-304

Index

305-313