Heart, Center of the World, and the Principle of Motion: from Aristotle to Kepler and Galileo

IF 0.5 2区 哲学 Q3 HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE
Miguel Á. Granada
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Abstract

This article examines the transformation of the “heart of the world” concept and its influence on the understanding of what causes planetary motion. It begins with Aristotle’s conception of the sphere of the fixed stars and that of commentators such as Simplicius, Averroes, and Aquinas. The focus then shifts to the notion of a mobile Sun positioned between the upper and lower planets in the geocentric tradition of Macrobius, medieval, and Renaissance thinkers. We then examine the transition to the Copernican Sun, which is both stationary in terms of its central geometric position but also perceived as the “natural” or vital center of the universe. These ideas are then traced from Copernicus and Rheticus to Kepler and Galileo. We will conclude with some considerations concerning Giordano Bruno and William Harvey, and the intriguing connection between the circulation of the blood and the Sun’s role as the heart of the world.

心脏、世界中心和运动原理:从亚里士多德到开普勒和伽利略
本文探讨了 "世界之心 "概念的转变及其对行星运动成因的理解所产生的影响。文章从亚里士多德的定星球体概念开始,以及辛普里西乌斯、阿维罗伊斯和阿奎那等评论家的概念。然后,重点转向马克罗比乌斯、中世纪和文艺复兴思想家的地心说传统中,位于上下行星之间的移动太阳的概念。然后,我们研究向哥白尼太阳的过渡,哥白尼太阳在几何中心位置上是静止的,但也被视为宇宙的 "自然 "或重要中心。这些思想将从哥白尼和雷提库斯一直追溯到开普勒和伽利略。最后,我们将对乔尔达诺-布鲁诺(Giordano Bruno)和威廉-哈维(William Harvey)以及血液循环与太阳作为世界心脏的角色之间的有趣联系进行一些思考。
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Early Science and Medicine
Early Science and Medicine HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE-
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0.50
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22
审稿时长
>12 weeks
期刊介绍: Early Science and Medicine (ESM) is a peer-reviewed international journal dedicated to the history of science, medicine and technology from the earliest times through to the end of the eighteenth century. The need to treat in a single journal all aspects of scientific activity and thought to the eighteenth century is due to two factors: to the continued importance of ancient sources throughout the Middle Ages and the early modern period, and to the comparably low degree of specialization and the high degree of disciplinary interdependence characterizing the period before the professionalization of science.
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