The Universe as Pictured in Milton's Paradise Lost: An Illustrated Study for Personal and Class Use (Classic Reprint)

Author:   William Fairfield Warren
Publisher:   Forgotten Books
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Pages:   84
Publication Date:   17 February 2019
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Excerpt from The Universe as Pictured in Milton's Paradise Lost: An Illustrated Study for Personal and Class Use Although Copernicus had finished his life work sixty-eight years before the birth Of Milton, the traditional geocentric conception Of the universe was the only one generally held and taught at the latter date. Newton was as yet unborn, Bacon's Novum Organon yet unwritten. Kepler, illustrious improver and promoter Of the Copernican doctrine, was still engaged upon his astronomic problems; but even he to his dying day followed tradition SO far as to believe in the existence Of a solid Sphere, two German miles in thickness, in which all the nonplanetary stars were im movably fixed. Milton was twenty-five years Of age when Galileo was obliged to make upon his knees his historic abjuration Of doctrine at Rome. Eight years after this our poet was in Florence and Visited Galileo, but, so far as known, without making profession Of faith in the new heliocentric teaching. In that generation the mediaeval conception Of the world was far more familiar to the peoples Of Europe than any later one is to - day. And it was wonderfully complete and satisfying to the reason. In it the world - whole had a known. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Author:   William Fairfield Warren
Publisher:   Forgotten Books
Imprint:   Forgotten Books
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 0.40cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.122kg
ISBN:  

9781331930051


ISBN 10:   1331930057
Pages:   84
Publication Date:   17 February 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Unknown
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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