TABLE OF CONTENTS

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PREFATORY NOTE, (html), (PDF)

THESIS ABSTRACT, (html), (PDF)

LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS FREQUENTLY USED IN TEXT OR NOTES, (html), (PDF)


CHAPTER I., (html), (PDF)

RENAISSANCE METAPHYSICS AND THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE


CHAPTER II., (html), (PDF)

THE LEGEND OF JOHN DEE.


CHAPTER III., (html), (PDF)

EARLY STUDIES--PARTICULAR FIELDS OF INTEREST AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHT (1527-1548)


CHAPTER IV., (html), (PDF)

FROM REFORMER TO CATHOLIC: DEE'S RELIGIOUS POSITION AND CONTEMPORARY METAPHYSICS (1548-1556)


CHAPTER V., (html), (PDF)

SCIENTIFIC LABOURS AND THE PRINCIPLES OF THE UNIVERSE (1556-1558)


CHAPTER VI., (html), (PDF)

NUMBERS--LOGISTICAL, FORMAL AND APPLIED. (THE GROUND OF ARTES--THE MONAS--ALCHEMY; 1558-1564)


CHAPTER VII., (html), (PDF)

THE MORTLAKE CIRCLE AND ELIZABETHAN ENDEAVOUR (1564-1583).


CHAPTER VIII., (html), (PDF)

GREAT AFFAIRS, CELESTIAL AND POLITICAL (1573-1583)


CHAPTER IX., (html), (PDF)

THE SPIRITUAL CONFERENCES (1581-1589).


CHAPTER X., (html), (PDF)

THE LAST YEARS (1589-1608).


NOTES

Chapter I, (html), (PDF) Chapter II, (html), (PDF) Chapter III, (html), (PDF)
Chapter IV, (html), (PDF) Chapter V, (html), (PDF) Chapter VI, (html), (PDF)
Chapter VII, (html), (PDF) Chapter VIII, (html), (PDF) Chapter IX, (html), (PDF)
Chapter X, (html), (PDF)


Bibliography, (PDF)

Index, (PDF)