Contents

Kapitel in diesem Buch

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xi
5. Conventions xiii
6. Introduction 1
7. Chapter One. Kinds of Natural Philosophy 14
8. Chapter Two. Methods of Bookishness 49
9. Chapter Three. Modes of Argument 82
10. Chapter Four. Bodin's Philosophy of Nature 116
11. Chapter Five. Theatrical Metaphors 153
12. Chapter Six. The Reception of the Theatrum 180
13. Epilogue. The Legacies of the Theatrum 225
14. Notes 233
15. Bibliography 331
16. Index 369
17. About the author 383