Chapter III: Book II: Of the world, κοσμόϛ, 132. Of the figure of the world, 133

Whether the world be an animal, 133. Whether the world be eternal and
incorruptible, 133. Whence does the world receive nutriment? 134.
From what element did God begin to raise the fabric of the world?
134. In what form and order was the world composed? 135. What is the
cause of the world’s inclination? 136. Of that thing which is beyond
the world, and whether it be a vacuum or not, 136. What parts of the
world are on the right hand and what parts are on the left? 137. Of
heaven, its nature and essence, 137. Into how many circles is the
heaven distinguished? the division of heaven, 137. What are the stars
made of? 138. Of what figure are the stars? 139. Of the order and
place of the stars, 139. Of the motion and circulation of the stars,
140. Whence do the stars receive their light? 140. What are the stars
called Dioscuri, or Castor and Pollux? 141. How stars prognosticate:
what is the cause of winter and summer? 141. Of the essence of the
sun, 141, 142. Of the magnitude of the sun, 142. Of the figure or
shape of the sun, 143. Of the turning and returning of the sun, or
the summer and winter solstice, 143. Of the eclipses of the sun, 144.
Of the essence of the moon, 145. Of the moon’s magnitude and figure,
145. Whence does the moon receive her light? 145. Of eclipses of the
moon, 146. Of the phases or aspects of the moon, 147. Of the distance
of the moon from the sun, 147. Of the year and the length of the year
in the different planets; of the great year, 147.

BOOK III. Of the galaxy, or milky way, 148. Of comets and shooting
fires, 149. Of lightning, thunder, hurricanes, and whirlwinds, 150.
Of clouds rain, snow, and hail, 151. Of the rainbow, 152. Of meteors
which resemble rods, 153. Of winds, 154. Of winter and summer,
154. Of the earth, its nature and magnitude, 154. Of the figure of
the earth, 155. Of the site and position of the earth, 155. Of the
inclination of the earth, 155. Of the motion of the earth, 156. Of
the zones of the earth, 156. Of earthquakes and their cause, 157. Of
the sea, of what it is composed, and why it has a bitter taste, 158.
Of the ebbing and flowing of the sea, 159. Of the halo, or circle
round a star, 160.