Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World by Margaret J. Osler

Divine Will and the Mechanical Philosophy: Gassendi and Descartes on Contingency and Necessity in the Created World

Margaret J. Osler

300 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history philosophy science challenging informative medium-paced
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The difference between Pierre Gassendi's (1592-1655) and Ren Descartes' (1596-1650) versions of the mechanical philosophy directly reflected the differences in their theological presuppositions. Gassendi described a world utterly contingent on di...

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