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Gassendi the Atomist: Advocate of History in an Age of Science - Ideas in Context Lynn Sumida Joy
Gassendi the Atomist: Advocate of History in an Age of Science - Ideas in Context
Lynn Sumida Joy
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.
328 pages, illustrations
| Media | Books Paperback Book (Book with soft cover and glued back) |
| Released | August 8, 2002 |
| ISBN13 | 9780521522397 |
| Publishers | Cambridge University Press |
| Pages | 328 |
| Dimensions | 229 × 155 × 26 mm · 498 g |
| Language | English |
| Series Editor | Daston, Lorraine |
| Series Editor | Ross, Dorothy |
| Series Editor | Skinner, Quentin |
| Series Editor | Tully, James |