Neopythagoreanism in the work of Johannes Kepler

In this article I argue that the methodology in the Johannes Kepler's work is guided by two principles of Pythagorean nature, they are: (i) sameness is made known by sameness, and (ii) harmony arises from establishing a limit to what is unlimited. By way of hypothesis, I present a general outli...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Cardona, Carlos Alberto
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2016
País:Colombia
Institución:Universidad del Rosario
Repositorio:Repositorio EdocUR - U. Rosario
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repository.urosario.edu.co:10336/24910
Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-6045.2016.v39n3.cs
https://repository.urosario.edu.co/handle/10336/24910
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Harmony
Analogy
Control Instrument
Limit
Pythagoras
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Sumario:In this article I argue that the methodology in the Johannes Kepler's work is guided by two principles of Pythagorean nature, they are: (i) sameness is made known by sameness, and (ii) harmony arises from establishing a limit to what is unlimited. By way of hypothesis, I present a general outline, which includes those principles, and I indicate how they are present in Kepler's investigations. I examine two particular cases in the light of that schema.