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Dante and the Early Astronomers

Dante and the Early Astronomers

by M. A. Orr

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Author
Orr, M. A. (Mary Acworth), 1867-1949
Title
Dante and the early astronomers
Credits
Paul Marshall, Turget Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
Language
English
LoC Class
PQ: Language and Literatures: Romance literatures: French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese
Subject
Astronomy, Medieval
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 64489
Release Date
February 7, 2021
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.DANTE AND THE Early Astronomers
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.LIST OF PRINCIPAL AUTHORITIES.
  4. 4.CONTENTS.
  5. 5.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  6. 6.INTRODUCTION.
  7. 7.FIRST PART. The Story of Astronomy from Primitive Times until the Age of Dante.
  8. 8.I. APPARENT MOVEMENTS OF THE HEAVENLY BODIES AS SEEN FROM EARTH.
  9. 9.II. THE BEGINNINGS OF ASTRONOMY.
  10. 10.III. GREEK ASTRONOMY.
  11. 11.1. HOMERIC GREECE.
  12. 12.2. THALES AND ANAXIMANDER.
  13. 13.3. LATER FLAT EARTH SYSTEMS.
  14. 14.4. PYTHAGORAS AND HIS FOLLOWERS.
  15. 15.IV. GREEK ASTRONOMY.
  16. 16.1. PLATO.
  17. 17.2. EUDOXUS.
  18. 18.3. CALIPPUS.
  19. 19.4. ARISTOTLE.
  20. 20.5. ARISTARCHUS.
  21. 21.6. THE SCHOOL OF ALEXANDRIA.
  22. 22.7. HIPPARCHUS.
  23. 23.8. PTOLEMY.
  24. 24.V. RETROSPECT.
  25. 25.VI. ASTRONOMY UNDER IMPERIAL AND CHRISTIAN ROME.
  26. 26.VII. ARAB ASTRONOMY.
  27. 27.VIII. THE RETURN OF GREEK ASTRONOMY TO EUROPE.
  28. 28.SECOND PART. The Astronomy of Dante.
  29. 29.I. POPULAR ASTRONOMY IN ITALY IN DANTE’S TIME.
  30. 30.II. DANTE’S STUDIES.
  31. 31.III. BOOKS ON ASTRONOMY USED BY DANTE.
  32. 32.IV. ASTRONOMY IN DANTE’S WRITINGS.
  33. 33.V. OBSERVATIONAL ASTRONOMY.
  34. 34.1. MOVEMENTS OF THE MOON.
  35. 35.2. MOVEMENTS OF THE SUN.
  36. 36.3. THE STARS.
  37. 37.4. THE GALAXY.
  38. 38.5. THE PLANETS.
  39. 39.6. ECLIPSES.
  40. 40.7. COMETS AND METEORS.
  41. 41.8. THE SUN’S PATH IN THE SKY SEEN FROM DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE EARTH.
  42. 42.9. CELESTIAL PHENOMENA AND TIME.
  43. 43.VI. DANTE’S JOURNEY THROUGH THE THREE REALMS:
  44. 44.1. TIME REFERENCES IN THE DIVINE COMEDY.
  45. 45.2. THE INFERNO.
  46. 46.3. PURGATORY.
  47. 47.4. PARADISE.
  48. 48.5. POSITIONS OF SUN, MOON, AND PLANETS AMONG THE STARS DURING DANTE’S VISION.
  49. 49.6. THE ASSUMED DATE OF THE VISION.
  50. 50.VII. THEORETICAL AND SPECULATIVE ASTRONOMY.
  51. 51.1. THE SPHERES.
  52. 52.2. THE SPHERES AND THE FOUR ELEMENTS.
  53. 53.3. DIMENSIONS AND PHYSICAL NATURE OF THE UNIVERSE.
  54. 54.4. INFLUENCE OF THE SPHERES ON HUMAN AFFAIRS.
  55. 55.5. THE MOTIVE POWER.
  56. 56.VIII. MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN VIEWS OF THE UNIVERSE.
  57. 57.INDEX.

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