CONTENTS

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. PREFACE vii
3. CONTENTS xiii
4. ABBREVIATIONS xvi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. I NATURE ACCORDING TO SCRIPTURE 13
7. II THE TIMAEIC TRADITION IN THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY 41
8. III ADVANCEMENTS AND REFORMULATIONS 132
9. IV CONTRASTING AND ANTECEDENT TRADITIONS 175
10. POSTSCRIPT: THE NEW SCIENCES AND BACON'S TRIAL 249
11. NOTES. INDEX
12. NOTES 257
13. INDEX 281