Cosmology -- Early works to 1800
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Utriusque Cosmi Maioris Scilicet et Minoris Metaphysica, Physica atque Technica Historia (2 volumes, in Latin; ca. 1617), by Robert Fludd- Mosaicall Philosophy: Grounded Upon the Essentiall Truth or Eternal Sapience (London: Printed for H. Moseley, 1659), by Robert Fludd
- Theologia Mystica: or, The Mystic Divinitie of the Aeternal Invisibles, viz., the Archetypous Globe, or the Original Globe, or World of All Globes, Worlds, Essences, Centers, Elements, Principles and Creations Whatsoever (1683), by John Pordage, ed. by Edward Hooker, contrib. by Jane Lead (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Earths in the Universe (multiple translations), by Emanuel Swedenborg
- The Interaction of the Soul and the Body (multiple translations), by Emanuel Swedenborg
- A Review of The Theory of the Earth and of Its Proofs, Especially in Reference to Scripture (London: Printed by R. Norton for W. Kettilby, 1690), by Thomas Burnet (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Signature of All Things, and Other Writings (London: J.M. Dent and Sons; New York: E.P. Dutton, 1912), by Jakob Böhme, contrib. by Clifford Bax (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- The Sacred Theory of the Earth (second edition, 1691), by Thomas Burnet (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of All the General Changes Which it Hath Already Undergone, or is to Undergo, Till the Consummation of All Things (2 volumes; London: Printed by R. Norton for W. Kettilby, 1684-1690), by Thomas Burnet
- Gleanings of Antiquities (London: Printed for W. Taylor, 1724), by John Beaumont
- The Sacred Theory of the Earth (second edition, 1691), by Thomas Burnet (HTML at sacred-texts.com)
- The Theory of the Earth: Containing an Account of the Original of the Earth, and of All the General Changes Which it Hath Already Undergone, or is to Undergo, Till the Consummation of All Things (2 volumes; London: Printed by R. Norton for W. Kettilby, 1684-1690), by Thomas Burnet
- A Review of The Theory of the Earth and of Its Proofs, Especially in Reference to Scripture (London: Printed by R. Norton for W. Kettilby, 1690), by Thomas Burnet (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Against Hermogenes, by Tertullian, trans. by Peter Holmes (HTML with commentary at CCEL)
- An Examination of Dr. Burnet's Theory of the Earth, Together With Some Remarks on Mr. Whiston's New Theory of the Earth (Oxford: Printed at the Theater, 1698), by John Keill (HTML and page images at EEBO TCP)
- God's Passion for His Glory: Living the Vision of Jonathan Edwards; With the Complete Text of The End for Which God Created the World, by John Piper, contrib. by Jonathan Edwards (PDF with commentary at desiringgod.org)
- Cosmographia Petri Apiani, per Gemmam Frisium Apud Louanienses Medicum & Mathematicum Insignẽ, Iam Demum ab Omnibus Vindicata Mendis, ac Nonnullis Quoque Locis Aucta, Figurísque Nouis Illustrata: Additis Eiusdem Argumenti Libellis Ipsius Gẽmae Frisii (in Latin; Paris: Viuantium Gaultherot, 1553), by Peter Apian, contrib. by Frisius Gemma
- La Cosmographia de Pedro Apiano (with related works, in Spanish; Anuers: I. Withagio, 1575), by Peter Apian, ed. by Frisius Gemma, contrib. by Francisco López de Gómara and Gerónimo Girava (page images at HathiTrust)
- Tratado de Cosmografía, para la Instruccion de los Guardias Marinas (in Spanish; Cartagena: Oficina de Marina de Cartegena, 1796), by Gabriel Ciscar
- Tratado de la Cosmographia, y Naútica (in Spanish; Cadiz: Imprenta Real, ca. 1745), by Pedro Manuel Cedillo
- Certain Errors in Navigation, Detected and Corrected by Edw. Wright; With Many Additions That Were Not in the Former Editions (London: J. Moxon, 1657), by Edward Wright (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- The Monadology, by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, trans. by Robert Latta (Javascript-dependent HTML in Switzerland)
- The Monadology, by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, trans. by George R. Montgomery (HTML at Colorado)
- The Monadology and Other Philosophical Writings (Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, 1898), by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, trans. by Robert Latta
- Discourse on Metaphysics; Correspondence with Arnauld; and Monadology (Chicago: Open Court, 1908), by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz, trans. by George R. Montgomery, contrib. by Paul Janet (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Conversations on the Plurality of Worlds (London: Printed for A. Bettesworth and E. Curll, 1715), by M. de Fontenelle, contrib. by William Gardiner
- Entretiens sur la Pluralité des Mondes, Augmentés des Dialogues des Morts (new edition, in French; Marseille: J. Mossy, 1780), by M. de Fontenelle
- A Plurality of Worlds (London: Printed for R. W. and sold by T. Osbourne, 1702), by M. de Fontenelle, trans. by John Glanvill
- A Week's Conversation on the Plurality of Worlds (sixth edition, with Addison's defense on the Newtonian philosophy; London: Printed for A. Bettesworth et al., 1737), by M. de Fontenelle, trans. by Aphra Behn, John Glanvill, John Hughes, and William Gardner, contrib. by Joseph Addison
- A Discourse Concerning a New World and Another Planet, in 2 Bookes (London: Printed for I. Maynard, 1640), by John Wilkins
- A Discovery of a New World: or, A Discourse Tending to Prove, that 'tis Probable There May be Another Habitable World in the Moon; With a Discourse Concerning the Probability of a Passage Thither; Unto Which is Added, A Discourse Concerning a New Planet, Tending to Prove, That 'tis Probable Our Earth is One of the Planets (fourth edition corrected and amended; London: Printed by T. M. and J. A. for J. Gillibrand, 1684), by John Wilkins
- The State of the Philadelphian Society (London: Printed for the Booksellers of London and Westminster, 1697), by Francis Lee (HTML at EEBO TCP)
- Weg-Weiser zum Verlohrnen Liecht und Recht: oder, Entdecktes Geheimnüss Beydes der Gottseligkeit und der Bossheit (in German; 1704), by Christianus Democritus (page images at HathiTrust)
- An Introduction to Theosophy, or The Science of the Mystery of Christ: That is, of Deity, Nature, and Creature, Embracing the Philosophy of All the Working Powers of Life, Magical and Spiritual ("volume 1 complete in itself" also appears to be only volume published; London: J. Kendrick, 1855), by William Law, ed. by Christopher Walton (page images at HathiTrust)
- The Fragments That Remain of the Lost Writings of Proclus, Surnamed the Platonic Successor (London: Printed for the author, 1825), by Proclus, trans. by Thomas Taylor (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Select Works of Porphyry: Containing His Four Books On Abstinence From Animal Food; His Treatise on the Homeric Cave of the Nymphs; and His Auxiliaries to the Perception of Intelligible Natures; With an Appendix Explaining the Allegory of the Wanderings of Ulysses (London: Printed for T. Rodd, 1823), by Porphyry, trans. by Thomas Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)
- Proclus' Metaphysical Elements (1909 translation), by Proclus, trans. by Thomas Moore Johnson (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Chinese Tales: or, The Wonderful Adventures of the Mandarin Fum-Hoam, Related by Himself to Divert the Sultana, Upon the Celebration of Her Nuptials (second edition, with some added thoughts on transmigration; London: Printed for J. Osborn, 1740), by Thomas-Simon Gueullette, trans. by Thomas Stackhouse, contrib. by Joseph Addison (page images at HathiTrust)
- Select Works of Sri Sankaracharya (English translations only; 1921), by Śaṅkarācārya, trans. by S. Venkataramanan (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
Items below (if any) are from related and broader terms.
Filed under: Cosmology- Why We Are Free: Consciousness, Free Will, and Creativity in a Unified Scientific Worldview (2021), by David Layzer, ed. by Anthony Aguirre and Bob Doyle (PDF with commentary at informationphilosopher.com)
- From the Closed World to the Infinite Universe (Baltimore: The Johns Hopkins Press, ca. 1957), by Alexandre Koyré (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Science and Creationism: A View from the National Academy of Sciences (second edition, 1999), by National Academy of Sciences (HTML and page images with commentary at NAP)
- The Secret of the Universe: "God, Man and Matter" (New York: F. H. Revel and Co., 1932), by Nathan R. Wood (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Cosmology: A Research Briefing, by National Research Council Board on Physics and Astronomy (HTML and PDF at NAP)
- The Creation of the Universe, by Hârun Yahya (multiple formats at harunyahya.info)
- On the Eternity of the World, by Saint Thomas Aquinas, trans. by Robert T. Miller (HTML at Fordham)
- The Origin and Its Meaning, by Roger Ellman (PDF files at the-origin.org)
- The Principia, or, The First Principles of Natural Things: Being New Attempts Toward a Philosophical Explanation of the Elementary World (2 volumes; London: W. Newbery; Boston: O. Clapp, 1845-1846), by Emanuel Swedenborg, trans. by Augustus Clissold
- Rational Cosmology, by Laurens P. Hickok (page images at MOA)
- The Scale of the Universe (published as an issue of the Bulletin of the National Research Council, 1921), by Harlow Shapley and Heber Doust Curtis (multiple formats at archive.org)
- Stories of Infinity: Lumen; History of a comet; In Infinity (Boston: Roberts Bros., 1873), by Camille Flammarion, trans. by S. R. Crocker (page images at HathiTrust)
- Timaeus, by Plato, trans. by Benjamin Jowett (Gutenberg text)
- Two New Worlds: I. The Infra-World; II. The Supra-World (London et al.: Longmans, Green, and Co., 1907), by E. E. Fournier d'Albe
- Universal Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (in English and German), by Immanuel Kant, trans. by Ian Johnston
- The Phenomenon of Science (1977), by V. F. Turchin, trans. by Brand Frentz (illustrated HTML with commentary at Principia Cybernetica Web)
- Chaos and Creation: An Introduction to Quantavolution in Human and Natural History, by Alfred De Grazia (PDF files at grazian-archive.com)
- Man or Matter: Introduction to a Spiritual Understanding of Nature on the Basis of Goethe's Method of Training Observation and Thought (first edition), by Ernst Lehrs (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
- The Reign of Law, by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (HTML with commentary at Victorian Web)
- The Reign of Law (third American edition; New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1872), by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (multiple formats at archive.org)
- The Reign of Law (fourth American edition; New York: G. Routledge and Sons, 1873), by George Douglas Campbell Argyll (page images at HathiTrust)
- Studies in Hegelian Cosmology, by John McTaggart Ellis McTaggart (PDF at McMaster)
- Accepting the Universe: Essays in Naturalism (Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., c1920), by John Burroughs (page images at HathiTrust)
- Paradise Found: The Cradle of the Human Race at the North Pole (Boston: Houghton, Mifflin and Co., 1885), by William Fairfield Warren (HTML with commentary at sacred-texts.com)
- Tree and Bird as Cosmological Symbols in Western Asia (Amsterdam: J. Müller, 1921), by A. J. Wensinck (page images at Gallica)
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