Gassendi the atomist: advocate of history in an age of science
Auteur :
Joy, Lynn Sumida
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521522397
Date de publication :
8 août 2002
Dimensions :
22,9 x 15,2 x 1,9 cm
Poids :
480 g
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
This account of Gassendi's life and work offers a provocatively new perspective from which to view the influence of humanism on seventeenth-century thought. As Professor Joy makes clear, his reform of philosophy raised questions about the aims of science, which we ourselves are still asking.