The Resource The world and other writings, René Descartes ; translated and edited by Stephen Gaukroger
The world and other writings, René Descartes ; translated and edited by Stephen Gaukroger
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- Summary
- "Descartes' The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his later writings, in particular the Meditations and Principles of Philosophy. Above all, it provides an insight into how Descartes conceived of natural philosophy before he started to reformulate his doctrines in terms of a skeptically driven epistemology. Of its two parts, The Treatise on Light introduced the first comprehensive, quantitative version of a mechanistic natural philosophy, supplying a theory of matter, physical optics, and a cosmology, and The Treatise on Man provided the first comprehensive mechanist physiology. This volume also includes translations of material important for an understanding of the work: related sections from The Dioptrics and The Meteors, and the first English translation of the complete text of The Description of the Human Body."--Jacket
- Language
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- eng
- fre
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 208 pages)
- Contents
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- The world and other writings. The treatise on light
- Discourse 2 of the Dioptrics
- Discourse 8 of the Meteors
- The treatise on man
- Description of the human body
- Isbn
- 9780511605727
- Label
- The world and other writings
- Title
- The world and other writings
- Statement of responsibility
- René Descartes ; translated and edited by Stephen Gaukroger
- Title variation
- World
- Subject
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- Descartes, René, 1591-1661
- Early works
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Fysiologie
- Meteoren
- Meteors
- Meteors -- Early works to 1800
- Météores -- Histoire
- Optica
- Optics
- Optics -- Early works to 1800
- Optique -- Histoire
- Physiology
- Physiology -- Early works to 1800
- SCIENCE -- Essays
- SCIENCE -- Reference
- SCIENCE -- Nanoscience
- Language
-
- eng
- fre
- eng
- Summary
- "Descartes' The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his later writings, in particular the Meditations and Principles of Philosophy. Above all, it provides an insight into how Descartes conceived of natural philosophy before he started to reformulate his doctrines in terms of a skeptically driven epistemology. Of its two parts, The Treatise on Light introduced the first comprehensive, quantitative version of a mechanistic natural philosophy, supplying a theory of matter, physical optics, and a cosmology, and The Treatise on Man provided the first comprehensive mechanist physiology. This volume also includes translations of material important for an understanding of the work: related sections from The Dioptrics and The Meteors, and the first English translation of the complete text of The Description of the Human Body."--Jacket
- Cataloging source
- N$T
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1596-1650
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Descartes, René
- Dewey number
- 500
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- QC353
- LC item number
- .D48213 1998eb
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gaukroger, Stephen
- Series statement
- Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Optics
- Meteors
- Physiology
- Descartes, René
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- SCIENCE
- Meteors
- Optics
- Physiology
- Optica
- Fysiologie
- Meteoren
- Optique
- Météores
- Label
- The world and other writings, René Descartes ; translated and edited by Stephen Gaukroger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The world and other writings. The treatise on light -- Discourse 2 of the Dioptrics -- Discourse 8 of the Meteors -- The treatise on man -- Description of the human body
- Control code
- 49569189
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 208 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511605727
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- ebl142395
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)49569189
- Label
- The world and other writings, René Descartes ; translated and edited by Stephen Gaukroger
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- The world and other writings. The treatise on light -- Discourse 2 of the Dioptrics -- Discourse 8 of the Meteors -- The treatise on man -- Description of the human body
- Control code
- 49569189
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (xxxvi, 208 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780511605727
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- ebl142395
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)49569189
Subject
- Descartes, René, 1591-1661
- Early works
- Electronic book
- Electronic books
- Fysiologie
- Meteoren
- Meteors
- Meteors -- Early works to 1800
- Météores -- Histoire
- Optica
- Optics
- Optics -- Early works to 1800
- Optique -- Histoire
- Physiology
- Physiology -- Early works to 1800
- SCIENCE -- Essays
- SCIENCE -- Reference
- SCIENCE -- Nanoscience
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Member of
- Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy
- Works., Selections
- EBSCO eBook Public Library Collection-North America
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