COSMOS, VOL. II - World eBook Library

VI CONTENTS.
Page
The perfection of art .in Greece 453
The condition of art in more modern times 454
Tropical scenery
455
Panoramas 457
III. Cultivation of tropical plants Contrasts and assemblages of
vegetableforms. Impressions induced by the physiognomy and
character of the vegetation
Eastern gardens
Chinese parks and gardens
458-465
461
463
Physiognomy of nature ... 465
PART II.
HISTORY OF THE PHYSICAL CONTEMPLATION OF THE UNIVERSE.
PRINCIPAL CAUSES OF THE GRADUAL DEVELOPMENT AND
EXTENSION OF THE IDEA OF THE COSMOS AS A NATURAL
WHOLE 466-479
The knowledge of nature amongst the ancients
Events which have been the means of extending a knowledge
469
of
nature 470
Comparative philology
471
The idea of the unity of the Cosmos 474
History based on human testimony knows of no primitive race ... 475
Ancient seats of civilisation 479
PRINCIPAL MOMENTA THAT HAVE INFLUENCED THE HISTORY OF THE
PHYSICAL CONTEMPLATION OF THE UNIVERSE 480
I. TJie Mediterranean considered as the starting point 480-517
Civilisation in the valley of the Nile 485
The cultivation of the Phoenicians 490
The amber trade 493
The geographical myth of the Elysion
The expeditions of Hiram and Solomon
The Ophir (El Dorado) of Solomon
The Etruscans
496
499
501
502
The highly-gifted Hellenic races 504
The landscape of Greece
The three events which extended the knowledge of the universe ...
506
507
The extent of inland traffic 510
The Doric migrations
512
Contact with the East 513
The passage beyond the Pillars of Hercules 515
II. Expeditions of the Macedonians under Alexander the Great 517-535
The foundation of Greek cities in Asia.... 518