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Astronomy as the study of the solar system and the empyrean, its dignity and utility. |
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The method of astronomy. |
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Observation and measurement, instruments and tables. |
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The use of hypotheses, the heliocentric and geocentric theories. |
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The relation of astronomy to mathematics, the use of mathematics by astronomy. |
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Causes in astronomy. |
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Formal archetypal causes, the number and the music of the spheres. |
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Physical efficient causes, gravitation and action-at-a-distance. |
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Astronomy, cosmology, and theology, astronomy as affecting views of God, creation, the divine plan, and the moral hierarchy. |
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Astronomy, cosmology, and the measurement of time. |
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The solar system and the Milky Way. |
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The special character of matter in the supra-lunar spheres. |
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Soul and intellect in the heavenly bodies. |
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Celestial motion, periodicity and the great year. |
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The eternity of celestial motion. |
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The form of celestial motion, circles, the equant, ellipses. |
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The laws of celestial motion, celestial mechanics. |
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The creation of the heavens. |
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The particular heavenly bodies in the solar system and the Milky Way. |
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The sun, its position, distance, size, and mass. |
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The moon, its irregularities. |
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The planets, their eccentricities, retrogradations, and stations. |
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The earth, its origin, position, shape, and motions. |
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The fixed stars, the precession of the equinoxes. |
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The comets and meteors. |
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The influence of the heavenly bodies upon terrestrial phenomena. |
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The influence of the heavenly bodies on living matter, generation and corruption. |
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The influence of the heavenly bodies on the tides g. |
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The influence of the stars and planets upon the character and actions of men. |
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The worship of the earth, sun, moon, and stars. |
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Astronomy as the study of the universe as a whole, cosmology I la. |
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The special methods of cosmology. |
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Cosmological theories concerning the origins and evolution of the universe. |
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The size, extent, and expansion of the universe, the receding galaxies, the universe. |
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as finite or infinite. |
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The principal components of the universe, galaxies and nebulas. |
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The relation of astronomy to the other liberal arts and sciences, the place of astronomy in the educational curriculum. |
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The history of astronomy. |
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