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Empyrean
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In ancient European cosmologies inspired by Aristotle, the Empyrean heaven, Empyreal or simply the Empyrean, was the place in the highest heaven which was supposed to be occupied by the element of fir
The Divine Comedy's Empyrean, illustrated by Gustave Doré
The Divine Comedy's Empyrean, illustrated by Gustave Doré
Celestial spheres
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The celestial spheres, or celestial orbs, were the fundamental entities of the cosmological models developed by Plato, Eudoxus, Aristotle, Ptolemy, Copernicus, and others. In these celestial models, t
Empyrean
…In ancient European cosmologies inspired by Aristotle, the Empyrean heaven, Empyreal or simply the Empyrean, was the place in the highest heaven which was supposed to be occupied by the element of fire (or aether in Aristotle's natural philosophy). Later early and medieval Christian cosmology…
19th century drawing of a 14th century fresco from the Camposanto Monumentale, depicting God holding the spheres of the planets, the immobile stars, a
19th century drawing of a 14th century fresco from the Camposanto Monumentale, depicting God holding the spheres of the planets, the immobile stars, and the heavens
Thomas Digges' 1576 Copernican heliocentric model of the celestial orbs
Thomas Digges' 1576 Copernican heliocentric model of the celestial orbs
Johannes Kepler's diagram of the celestial spheres, and of the spaces between them, following the opinion of Copernicus (Mysterium Cosmographicum, 2nd
Johannes Kepler's diagram of the celestial spheres, and of the spaces between them, following the opinion of Copernicus (Mysterium Cosmographicum, 2nd ed., 1621)