Astronomy and Civilization in the New Enlightenment

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. ASTRONOMY, SCIENCE , PHILOSOPHY FLOURISHING IN THE NEW ENLIGHTENMENT

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The New Enlightenment: Cosmo-Transcendental Positioning of the Living Being in the Universe

      • Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

      Pages 3-17

   3. On the First Principle of Biology and the Foundation of the Universal Science

      • Attila Grandpierre

      Pages 19-36

   4. The Relation Between Man and World

      • Hans Köchler

      Pages 37-46

   5. Observers, Freedom, and the Cosmos

      • Subhash Kak

      Pages 47-60

   6. The Enchanting Heavens

      • Frances Clynes

      Pages 61-67

   7. The Science Of Wholeness

      • Menas Kafatos

      Pages 69-80

3. COSMOS SHAPING WORLD VIEWS

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 81-81

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   2. Meridianae in Italy

      • Béla Kálmán

      Pages 83-88

   3. The Cosmological Circumstances and Results of the Anno Domini Invention: Anno Mundi 6000, Great Year, Precession, and End of the World Calculation

      • Sepp Rothwangl

      Pages 89-98

   4. Coming of Age Under the Night Sky: the Importance of Astronomy in Shaping Worldviews

      • Stephen P. Cook

      Pages 99-109

   5. Medieval Roots of the Modern Cosmology

      • Miklós Maróth

      Pages 111-117

   6. Is There Any Fundamental Connection Between Man and the Universe?

      • Vladimir A. lefebvre

      Pages 119-120

4. ASTRONOMY IN THE ORIGINS OF CULTURE

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 121-121

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   2. Cultural Impacts Of Astronomy

      • Stanislaw Iwaniszewski

      Pages 123-128

   3. Triadic Insights in Astronomy, Art and Music

      • Norman D. Cook

      Pages 129-135

   4. The Social And Spiritual Impact Of Sky Lore On Prehistoric Societies In Europe

      • Emília Pásztor

      Pages 137-143

   5. Impact Of Astronomy In Nepalese Civilization

      • Suresh Bhattarai

      Pages 145-149

   6. Impact of Stars on Human Culture

      • Varadaraja Venkata Raman

      Pages 151-165

This volume represents the first which interfaces with astronomy as the fulcrum of the sciences. It gives full expression to the human passion for the skies. Advancing human civilization has unfolded and matured this passion into the comprehensive science of astronomy. Advancing science’s quest for the first principles of existence meets the ontopoietic generative logos of life, the focal point of the New Enlightenment. It presents numerous perspectives illustrating how the interplay between human beings and the celestial realm has informed civilizational trends. Scholars and philosophers debate in physics and biology, the findings of which are opening a more inclusive, wider picture of the universe. The different models of the universal order and of life here presented, all aiming at the first principles of existence—accord with the phenomenology/ontopoiesis of life within the logos-prompted primogenital stream of becoming and action, which points to a future of progressing culture.

• Astrobiology
• Astronomy
• Bio-friendly universe
• Civilizational Trends
• Complex Systems
• Future of Humanity
• Life-ontopoiesis
• New Enlightenment
• Theoretical Biology Cosmos

• Hanover, NH, USA

  Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka

• Konkoly Observatory of the Hung. Ac. of, Zebegeny, Hungary

  Attila Grandpierre

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