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Preface page ix
I THE MEDIEVAL SITUATION 1
II RESERVATIONS 13
III SELECTED MATERIALS: THE CLASSICAL PERIOD 22
A The Somnium Scipionis 23
B Lucan 29
C Statius, Claudian, and the Lady Natura 34
D Apuleius, De Deo Socratis 40
IV SELECTED MATERIALS: THE SEMINAL PERIOD 45
A Chalcidius 49
B Macrobius 60
C Pseudo-Dionysius 70
D Boethius 75
V THE HEAVENS 92
A The Parts of the Universe 92
B Their Operations 102
C Their Inhabitants 113
VI THE LONGAEVI 122
VII EARTH AND HER INHABITANTS 139
A The Earth 139
B Beasts 146
C The Human Soul 152
D Rational Soulm156
E Sensitive and Vegetable Soul 161
F Soul and Body 165
G The Human Body 169
H The Human Past 174
The Seven Liberal Arts 185
VIII THE INFLUEN CE OF THE MODEL 198
Epilogue 216
Index 224