Early Physics and Astronomy: A Historical IntroductionMacDonald and Janes, 1974 - 413 oldal |
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... universe composed of ethereal spheres in which Aristotle had tried to embed the astronomy of Eudoxos . Philosophers of Aristotle's kind continued to argue that the universe has a physical structure , and that no description can be ...
... universe composed of ethereal spheres in which Aristotle had tried to embed the astronomy of Eudoxos . Philosophers of Aristotle's kind continued to argue that the universe has a physical structure , and that no description can be ...
102. oldal
... universe cannot be infinite . It is worth noticing that outside this finite spherical universe nothing exists , not even an empty space . To Aristotle , space is that which contains some- thing , so that the space of the universe is the ...
... universe cannot be infinite . It is worth noticing that outside this finite spherical universe nothing exists , not even an empty space . To Aristotle , space is that which contains some- thing , so that the space of the universe is the ...
281. oldal
... universe he was dangerously near to reintroducing the ' intelligences ' as causes of motion - precisely the pitfall Buridan and Oresme had tried to avoid . Cusanus's ideas on the system of the world were most remarkable . He adopted the ...
... universe he was dangerously near to reintroducing the ' intelligences ' as causes of motion - precisely the pitfall Buridan and Oresme had tried to avoid . Cusanus's ideas on the system of the world were most remarkable . He adopted the ...
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