Introduction: A World of Objects; Part I: The Kinetic Object; 1. The Flow of Matter; 2. The Fold of Number; 3. The Field of Knowledge; Part II: A History of Objects: I. The Ordinal Object; 4. The Centripetal Object; 5. The Prehistoric Object; II. The Cardinal Object; 6. The Centrifugal Object; 7. The Ancient Object I; 8. The Ancient Object II; III. The Intensive Object; 9. The Tensional Object; 10. The Medieval Object I; 11. The Medieval Object II; IV. The Potential Object; 12. The Elastic Object; 13. The Modern Object I; 14. The Modern Object II; Part III: The Contemporary Object; The Loop Object; 15. The Pedetic Object; 16. The Contemporary Object I: Quantum Theory; 17. The Contemporary Object II: Category Theory; 18. The Contemporary Object III: Chaos Theory; Conclusion.