03381nam 2200721 a 450 991081568130332120200520144314.01-107-11565-51-282-38889-497866123888970-511-64268-70-511-15028-80-511-55612-80-511-60572-20-511-05103-4(CKB)111056485648294(EBL)142395(OCoLC)475870197(SSID)ssj0000274239(PQKBManifestationID)11954754(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274239(PQKBWorkID)10341575(PQKB)10141115(UkCbUP)CR9780511605727(Au-PeEL)EBL142395(CaPaEBR)ebr2000793(MiAaPQ)EBC142395(EXLCZ)9911105648564829419980212d1998 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe world and other writings /Rene Descartes ; translated and edited by Stephen Gaukroger1st ed.Cambridge ;New York Cambridge University Press19981 online resource (xxxvi, 208 pages) digital, PDF file(s)Cambridge texts in the history of philosophyTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).0-521-63646-9 0-521-63158-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.Preliminaries; Contents; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the texts; The Treatise on Light; Appendix 1 The Dioptrics; Appendix 2 The Meteorology; Treatise on Man; The Description of the Human Body; Index; Cambridge Texts in the History of PhilosophyDescartes' The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his later writings, in particular the Meditations and Principles of Philosophy. Above all, it provides an insight into how Descartes conceived of natural philosophy before he started to reformulate his doctrines in terms of a sceptically driven epistemology. Of its two parts, the Treatise on Light introduced the first comprehensive, quantitative version of a mechanistic natural philosophy, supplying a theory of matter, a physical optics, and a cosmology. The Treatise on Man provided the first comprehensive mechanist physiology. This volume also includes translations of material important for an understanding of the work: related sections from the Dioptrics and the Meteors, and an English translation of the complete text of The Description of the Human Body.Cambridge texts in the history of philosophy.WorldOpticsEarly works to 1800MeteorsEarly works to 1800PhysiologyEarly works to 1800OpticsMeteorsPhysiology500Descartes Rene1596-1650.340660Gaukroger Stephen507374MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910815681303321The world and other writings4189894UNINA