Robert boyle: a free enquiry into the vulgarly received notion of nature
Auteur :
Boyle, Robert
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9780521561006
Date de publication :
7 nov. 1996
Dimensions :
23,6 x 15,4 x 1,8 cm
Poids :
440 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
In this book, published in 1686, the scientist Robert Boyle attacked prevailing notions of the natural world which depicted 'Nature' as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being. His Free Enquiry represents one of the subtlest statements concerning the philosophical issues raised by the mechanical philosophy to emerge from the period of the scientific revolution.