The Closed World to the Infinite Universe. By Alexandre Koyré. Audiobook
"The Closed World to the Infinite Universe" is a book by Alexandre Koyré that explores the transition in scientific thought from the Middle Ages to the modern era. The book offers a detailed analysis of the philosophical and intellectual shifts that led to the conception of an infinite universe. Koyré argues that the seventeenth century marked a replacement of the concern for the other world and the other life by preoccupation with this life and this world. The scientific and philosophical revolution of the seventeenth century brought forth the destruction of the cosmos, that is, the disappearance, from philosophically and scientifically valid concepts, of the conception of the world as a finite, closed, and hierarchically ordered whole. This was replaced by an indefinite and even infinite universe which is bound together by the identity of its fundamental components and laws, and in which all these components are placed on the same level of being.

Koyré's book is divided into three parts. The first part, "The Sky and the Heavens," discusses the conception of the infinity of the universe, which originated with the Greeks and was rejected by the main trend of Greek philosophical and scientific thought. Koyré argues that it was Nicholas of Cusa, the last great philosopher of the dying Middle Ages, who first rejected the medieval cosmos-conception and asserted the infinity of the universe. The second part, "The Earth and the Elements," discusses the shift from geocentric to heliocentric conceptions and the mathematization of nature and its concomitant and convergent emphasis upon experiment and theory. The third part, "The Infinite Universe," discusses the consequences of the scientific and philosophical revolution of the seventeenth century, including the rejection of all considerations based upon value-concepts, such as perfection, harmony, meaning, and aim, and the utter devalorization of being.

Koyré's book is a profound exploration of the transition in scientific thought from the Middle Ages to the modern era. It offers a detailed analysis of the philosophical and intellectual shifts that led to the conception of an infinite universe. The book is an important contribution to the history of science and philosophy and is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of modern scientific thought.
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00:00:00 Preface
00:06:30 Introduction
00:11:30 1. The Sky And The Heavens
00:50:07 2. The New Astronomy And The New Metaphysics
01:42:08 3. The New Astronomy Against The New Metaphysics
02:34:08 4. Things Never Seen Before And Thoughts Never Thought
03:10:52 5. Indefinite Extension Or Infinite Space
03:37:32 6. God And Space, Spirit And Matter
04:30:25 7. Absolute Space, Absolute Time And Their Relations To God
05:33:49 8. The Divinization Of Space
06:01:18 9. God And The World: Space, Matter, Ether And Spirit
06:27:27 10. Absolute Space And Absolute Time: God's Frame Of Action
06:53:04 11. The Work-Day God And The God Of The Sabbath
08:00:41 12. Conclusion: The Divine Artifex And The Dieu Fainéant

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