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[edit]Specimina philosophiae
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Specimina philosophiae |
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English: Title page of Renati Des Cartes Specimina philosophiae, sev Dissertatio de methodo recte regendae rationis & veritatis in scientiis investigandae: Dioptrice et Meteora. Ex Gallico translata et ab auctore ... emendata. Amstelodami, Apud L. Elzevirium, 1644.
Descartes was arguably the most influential natural philosopher of the Scientific Revolution. His work was central to the mechanical turn in science in which contact forces replaced Aristotelian causes as the basis for explanation. |
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1644 date QS:P571,+1644-00-00T00:00:00Z/9 |
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