Monthly Archives: September 2024

Plato 1491

Posted on September 4, 2024 by admin

Plato, Diuus Plato (Venice, 1491), ed. Marsilio Ficino (“The Divine Plato”). In his dialogue entitled The Timaeus, Plato taught that the cosmos is constructed from regular geometrical figures known as the Pythagorean solids. Whenever one finds an emphasis upon mathematical … Continue reading →

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Digges 1605

Posted on September 4, 2024 by admin

Leonard Digges, A Prognostication Everlasting of Right Good Effect…; Lately corrected and augmented by Thomas Digges his sonne (London, 1605) This Sun-centered cosmic section represents the first published defense of Copernicus in England, and it was printed in a work … Continue reading →

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