Preface Introduction: Dante and Lucretius Part I. The Cosmos: 1. Wonder and knowledge 2. The elements 3. Meteorology 4. Land and sea 5. The natural world and the Scale of Being 6. Concerning the heavens 7. The angels Part 2. Coming into Being: 8. Images of God as maker 9. Creation (Paradiso XXIX, 1-57) 10. Generation and universal nature 11. The makings of a man Part III. Texts, References and Notes: Introductory notes to part III Abbreviations Notes Suggestions for further reading Index of longer quotations Index.
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