Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy

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English | October 30, 2006 | ISBN: 0521866138, 0521122686 | True PDF | 294 pages | 1.9 MB
This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the philosophical system of the seventeenth-century philosopher Pierre Gassendi. Gassendi’s importance is widely recognized and is essential for understanding early modern philosophers and scientists such as Locke, Leibniz and Newton.

Offering a systematic overview of his contributions, LoLordo situates Gassendi’s views within the context of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century natural philosophy as represented by a variety of intellectual traditions, including scholastic Aristotelianism, Renaissance Neo-Platonism, and the emerging mechanical philosophy. LoLordo’s work will be essential reading for historians of early modern philosophy and science.