"Kirchenväterphysik"
Hans Holländer
Cosmological ideas of the physical structure within and at limits sphaira can be found in a number texts Fathers Church their followers: Ambrosius, Hieronymus, Augustinus, Isidore Sevilla, Johannes Scotus. Citing commenting on classical authors Bible (Gen. 1,7; Psalm 148, apoc. 4/6), they mean to explain by quasi-rational or quasi-physical argumentation functioning "world machine". Three terms are leitmotivs whole discussion: The "crystalline ocean" as outermost limit cosmos, "axis mundi" "harmony spheres". Since carolingian epoque, these concepts paralleled visual symbols images which remain valid throughout middle-ages long after.
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