The Concepts of Space and Time

Ancient and Classical Ideas of Space

1. Front Matter

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2. The Invention of Space

   • F. M. Cornford

   Pages 3-16

3. Matter and the Void According to Leucippus

   • C. Bailey

   Pages 17-19

4. Plato’s Theory of Space and the Geometrical Composition of the Elements

   • P. Duhem

   Pages 21-25

5. Space and the Void According to Aristotle

   • P. Duhem

   Pages 27-29

6. The Stoic Idea of Space

   • S. Sambursky

   Pages 31-32

7. The Continuity and Infinity of Space According to Epicurus and Lucretius

   • C. Bailey

   Pages 33-37

8. Place and the Void According to John Philopon

   • P. Duhem

   Pages 39-40

9. Absolute Frame of Reference According to St. Thomas

   • P. Duhem

   Pages 41-42

10. The Empyrean as the Place of The Universe

    • P. Duhem

    Pages 43-45

11. The Infinite Space in the Fourteenth Century

    • A. Koyré

    Pages 47-50

12. The Finite World of Copernicus

    • A. Koyré

    Pages 51-55

13. Establishment and Extension of the New World Scheme: Giordano Bruno

    • H. Höffding

    Pages 57-63

14. Gradual Emancipation from Aristotle: From Crescas To Gilbert

    • M. Jammer

    Pages 65-72

15. View of Space as Plenum

    • R. Descartes

    Pages 73-84

16. On the Difference Between Extension and Matter

    • H. More

    Pages 85-87

17. The Relativity of Magnitude

    • B. Pascal

    Pages 89-89

18. The Reality of Infinite Void According to Aristotle

    • P. Gassendi

    Pages 91-95

19. On Absolute Space and Absolute Motion

    • I. Newton

    Pages 97-105