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Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy : Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World
Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World
Author: Margaret J. Osler
The difference between Pierre Gassendi's (1592-1655) and René Descartes' (1596-1650) versions of the mechanical philosophy directly reflected the differences in their theological presuppositions. Gassendi described a world utterly contingent on divine will and expressed his conviction that empirical methods are the only way to acquire know...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780521461047
ISBN-10: 0521461049
Publication Date: 6/24/1994
Pages: 298
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Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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