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CHAPTERS OF THESE

BOOKS.

I. ON THE EXISTENCE

OF THE MINIMUM

CHAP.	PAGE
1, Preludes concerning the intention, efficient causes, means, and the method of proceeding	1
2, That the minimum is the substance In Bruno's thought, "substance" refers to the underlying, unchanging reality of things. of numbers, of magnitudes, and of all things composed of elements whatsoever	8
3, Therefore death does not pertain to the substance of the body; and much less to the soul	11
4, That all things in a certain way move in a circuit and imitate the circle	13
5, The condition of this contemplation is repeated toward practice	19
6, Directed at those who assume the Continuum The "continuum" refers to the philosophical idea that space or matter can be divided forever; Bruno argues against this, asserting there is a smallest, indivisible point. is infinitely divisible	20
7, The same proposition is briefly touched upon by several arguments	24
8, A doubt by which the Peripatetics Peripatetics: Followers of Aristotle's philosophy, who generally believed that matter was infinitely divisible. doubt against themselves; yet left unsolved by them	31
9, The distinction between the minimum according to the senses and the absolute minimum or the minimum of nature	37
10, The minimum in a specific genus In this context, "genus" refers to a category of thing, such as a "genus of numbers." is distinguished from the absolute minimum	39
11, That in every graded genus there must be a minimum	42
12, The proper figure of the minimum in a plane is the Circle; in a solid, the Sphere	44
13, The Minimum and the Limit are not in the same genus of quantities	48
14, That the minimum is evident in great and greatest things	49

II. CONTEMPLATIONS

FROM THE MINIMUM.


1, From the light of a single truth, the light of multiple truths arises; just as from one absurdity, many follow	54
2, That the true circle is not perceptible to the senses	56
3, It belongs to the sensory and external power to first apprehend the circle	57
4, That a true finite circle is not possible in nature	61
5, Two figures or lines in

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