Subject Index
Absolute, the
13, 17n7, 19, 20n17, 21, 25, 94, 199
Academy of Athens
5, 10, 43, 52, 57–58, 88, 95, 96n13, 108n40, 124n81, 184, 185n4, 188n10, 189, 191–193, 235n2, 244n17
Act (in relation to potency)
101, 106, 118, 125, 200n6, 202, 204n15, 206, 207n21, 209, 214–215, 222, 224, 229, 241, 248
Analemma
109f32, 128
Annual motion
65, 67n29, 107n39
Aphelion
57f14
Apsis
74f21, 80f26
Calendar
69, 188, 188n10
Cause
efficient,
112, 112n52, 113, 114, 116, 117, 117n65, 119, 120–122, 122n73, 123, 125–126, 159n121, 196–197n29, 205n16, 209–210, 217, 217nn3–4, 219, 223–225, 225n35, 230, 232, 234
final
104, 112, 112n52, 113, 114, 117, 117n65, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 122n74, 125, 126, 159n121, 193, 196, 196–197n29, 204, 209, 223–225, 230, 234
formal
113, 121, 125, 204, 204n15, 209, 223, 234
material
112, 204, 223
Celestial poles
10n6, 36, 38, 53, 54f11, 66, 240, 306
Conjunction (astronomical)
61n11, 76f22
Constellations
9f2, 14f4, 51, 93n5, 61, 306
Cosmos (specific cosmological conceptions)
1, 7f1, 10n6, 11, 17, 19, 24, 29, 33–34, 44–45, 47, 50f9, 51, 55, 67n25, 75, 95, 104, 107n38, 164, 168n129, 219, 235n2, 242f48, 248n22
Crystalline heaven
241, 244n18
Demiurge (Platonic)
39n12, 42, 43, 212, 218–219, 224n34, 225, 231–232, 232nn58–59
Diurnal motion
53, 55f12, 90, 107, 107n39, 108n40, 110, 136, 151n115, 152, 163–165, 169–170, 171f43, 172, 174–175, 177f46, 178, 180–182, 233–234, 236n4
Draconic period
61, 61nn8–11
Eclipse
61, 61n11, 63n11, 69n31
Ecliptic
9f2, 16n6, 40–41, 43, 46f7, 54, 60–61, 64f16, 65–67, 68f17, 77f23, 80f26, 81, 83f28, 84, 107n39, 108, 108n40, 115f33, 165, 195, 207, 214, 240, 301, 306
Elongation (planetary)
42n16, 67, 76f22
Empyrean heaven
244n18, 249f50
Epicycles
71, 237
Equator
9f2, 43, 46f7, 58, 60, 63, 65, 67, 68f17, 71, 81, 83f28, 86, 108n40, 124n82, 133, 140, 159n121, 162f41, 276, 306
Equinox
16, 26–27n30, 71, 74f21, 80f26
Ethical (dimension)
27, 35n6
Form
99, 103–105, 122, 126, 130, 190n14, 204, 204n15, 215, 206nn18–19, 209, 222–224, 226, 239, 243, 278
Geocentric
42, 53, 56, 67n28, 76f22, 109f32, 248
Geometrical models or system
56, 74, 75, 78, 86, 93, 158, 244
Geometry
10n6, 11, 32, 34n3, 66, 75, 128, 235, 275
God
philosophical
13, 17, 17n7, 18, 18n9, 19, 19n13, 23, 23n22, 28–29n36, 33, 87, 124, 126, 190n14, 191, 192–193, 197, 201n6, 202–203, 207n21, 209, 211, 214, 215n35, 223, 227, 230, 231, 236n5, 237n6, 238, 279, 289, 303
Judeo-Christian
21n19, 75, 94, 205n16, 209, 237, 238, 239, 239n11, 241, 243, 243n14, 247n21
mythical thinking
17, 194n25
Gods
17, 28n36, 29, 49, 124, 192–193, 196, 197n29, 198n1, 199–202, 217, 221, 226–228, 230–232, 241, 258–259, 272, 278
Heliocentric
56, 67, 76f22, 80f26, 109f32
Hippopede
67, 67n29, 72f19, 80f26, 81, 83f28, 84, 109f32, 140, 160, 167n127
Homocentric
6, 7f1, 12f3, 44, 56, 58, 60, 65–66, 69, 76f22, 78f24, 79f25, 81, 96, 97n13, 111, 129, 131, 157f40, 231n55, 237, 242f48
Infinite
10n6, 13, 21, 23, 23n21, 29–30, 44–45, 101, 105, 110, 110n46, 111, 111n48, 116, 120, 124, 204–205, 207, 207n20, 208, 213, 220, 243, 243n13, 258, 261, 267, 271–273, 277
Jupiter
34, 37, 40–42, 42n16, 43, 51–52, 54–55, 56f13, 59, 67, 67n25, 69, 70f18, 81, 82f27, 90, 90n3, 93, 108n40, 111n50, 124n82, 132n95, 152, 153f28, 154, 157f40, 160, 163–164, 175, 177f46, 188n10, 236n5, 248, 250, 276
Latitude
64f16, 65, 67, 71, 84, 109f32, 240
Latitudinal digression or variation
61, 64f16
Lemniscate
67n29, 72f19, 84
Longitude
71, 80f26, 84
Love (as principle of motion)
24n24, 25–27, 28n36, 103, 105, 125–126, 208, 217, 225, 227–229, 231, 233, 293
Lunar cycle
60n7, 73f20
Lunar nodes
60, 61n11
Mars
34, 37, 40–42, 42n16, 43, 51, 52f10, 54–55, 56f13, 59, 67, 67n25, 69, 70f18, 71, 73f20, 76f22, 77f23, 78f24, 79f25, 81, 82f27, 86, 90n3, 97n13, 108n40, 111n50, 128, 132n95, 148f37, 154, 157f40, 159–160, 168f42, 171f43, 175, 177f46, 188n10, 236n5, 248, 250, 283
Matter (physical)
8n3, 10, 23, 27, 89n3, 95–99, 102f31, 103, 102n29, 104–105, 107, 130, 145, 147, 158, 190n14, 204, 204n15, 205–206, 207n19, 208, 222, 224, 238–239, 243, 265, 278, 280–281, 293–294
Mercury
34, 37, 40–43, 52, 54–56, 59, 67n25, 27–28, 69–71, 73–74, 76, 81–82, 90n3, 108n40, 111n50, 132n95, 148, 154, 157, 159–160, 175, 177, 188n10, 236n5, 242, 248, 250, 283
Metonic cycle
69n31, 188n10
Moon
6, 10n7, 21, 34, 37, 40–42, 42n16, 43, 51, 55, 59–61, 61n8, 11, 62f15, 63, 64f16, 65, 69, 69n31, 71, 71n34, 73f20, 81, 90, 93, 97n13, 108n40, 142n105, 148f37, 150n114, 154, 157f40, 165, 168, 172n131, 175, 188n10, 239, 248, 250, 256, 264–265, 271, 275, 276–277, 283
Myth of Er
34, 34n4, 37f6
Monotheism
198, 198n1, 203n11
Oligotheism
1, 201
Ontology
19, 23–24, 203
Opposition (astronomical)
67n28, 76f22
Pantheism
204n15
Perihelion
57
Physics (modern science)
75, 104, 114, 127, 131, 132, 135, 137, 140, 142, 144f36, 145n108, 146n109, 149n112, 161, 167, 169n130, 170, 171f43, 206n17, 220, 234, 236
Platonic (or regular) solids
12f3, 236–237n5, 307ff51–52
Pleasure
225–228, 228n49
Polytheism
201, 203n11
Potency (potentiality)
99, 101, 103nn29–31, 104–105, 113, 119, 204n15, 206, 207nn19 21, 214, 223, 224n34
Precession
64f16, 65–66, 68f17, 74f21, 146, 239–240, 242f48, 244
Retrogradation
42n16, 61, 63, 65, 79f25, 111n50
Saros
61n11
Saturn
34, 37, 40–42, 42n16, 3, 51, 52f10, 54–55, 56f15, 59, 67, 67n25, 69, 70f18, 81, 82f27, 90–91, 93, 108n40, 111n50, 132n95, 146, 151–152, 153f38, 154, 157f40, 160–161, 163–167, 169, 171f43, 172n131, 175, 177f46, 178, 188n10, 203, 236n5, 248, 250, 276
Sidereal heaven
240
Sidereal periods
67, 78f24, 82f27, 86
Sphairos
24, 24n24, 25–27, 27n30, 28, 28nn33–34 36, 29n36
Sphairopoietic cosmology
43
Stations
41, 54, 56f15, 67, 81, 111n50
Strife (as principle of motion)
24n24, 25–28, 28n36, 105, 110n46, 293
Sublunary domain
2, 6, 8, 10, 10n7, 44–45, 94, 101, 102f31, 105–108, 111, 206–207, 211, 248, 249n23, 250
Sun
34, 37, 40–42, 42n16, 43, 51, 54, 55f12, 55, 57f14, 59–60, 61n11, 63, 65–66, 66n21, 67, 67n26–28, 69, 71, 73f20, 74f21, 76f22, 80f26, 81, 86–87, 107, 107n39, 108, 108n40, 109f32, 110n46, 115f33, 132n95, 150n114, 154, 157f40, 175, 177f46, 188n10, 191, 195, 207, 214, 233–234, 242f48, 248, 250, 256, 263, 275–277, 283, 302
Superlunary domain
6, 8–9, 9n5, 44–45, 47, 97, 102f31, 125
Synodic periods
10n7, 60–61, 61n11, 67, 67n28, 71, 73f30, 78f24, 82f27, 84, 167n127, 168f42, 168, 170
Theology
1, 89n3, 95n8, 186, 187n7, 188, 189, 190, 191n18, 193, 195n27, 197, 200–201, 203, 204n7, 215n35, 224n33, 246, 282
Tides
227n6
Tropical year
188n10
Venus
34, 37, 40–42, 42n16, 43, 51–52, 54–55, 56f13, 59, 67, 67n25 27–28, 69, 70f18, 71, 73f20, 74, 76f22, 81, 82f27, 108n40, 111n50, 132n95, 154, 157f40, 159–160, 175, 177f46, 188n10, 236n5, 242f48, 248, 250, 276
Zodiac
7f1, 9f2, 15n2, 16, 16n6, 51, 53–54, 55f12, 60–61, 63, 66–67, 68f17, 74f21, 82f27, 154, 157f40, 167, 167, 167n127, 275–276, 306