LEADER 03381nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910815681303321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-107-11565-5 010 $a1-282-38889-4 010 $a9786612388897 010 $a0-511-64268-7 010 $a0-511-15028-8 010 $a0-511-55612-8 010 $a0-511-60572-2 010 $a0-511-05103-4 035 $a(CKB)111056485648294 035 $a(EBL)142395 035 $a(OCoLC)475870197 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000274239 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11954754 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000274239 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10341575 035 $a(PQKB)10141115 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9780511605727 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL142395 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr2000793 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC142395 035 $a(EXLCZ)99111056485648294 100 $a19980212d1998 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe world and other writings /$fRene Descartes ; translated and edited by Stephen Gaukroger 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aCambridge ;$aNew York $cCambridge University Press$d1998 215 $a1 online resource (xxxvi, 208 pages) $cdigital, PDF file(s) 225 1 $aCambridge texts in the history of philosophy 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). 311 $a0-521-63646-9 311 $a0-521-63158-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aPreliminaries; 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 Philosophy 330 $aDescartes' The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his later writings, in particular the Meditations and Principles of Philosophy. Above all, it provides an insight into how Descartes conceived of natural philosophy before he started to reformulate his doctrines in terms of a sceptically driven epistemology. Of its two parts, the Treatise on Light introduced the first comprehensive, quantitative version of a mechanistic natural philosophy, supplying a theory of matter, a physical optics, and a cosmology. The Treatise on Man provided the first comprehensive mechanist physiology. This volume also includes translations of material important for an understanding of the work: related sections from the Dioptrics and the Meteors, and an English translation of the complete text of The Description of the Human Body. 410 0$aCambridge texts in the history of philosophy. 517 1 $aWorld 606 $aOptics$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aMeteors$vEarly works to 1800 606 $aPhysiology$vEarly works to 1800 615 0$aOptics 615 0$aMeteors 615 0$aPhysiology 676 $a500 700 $aDescartes$b Rene$f1596-1650.$0340660 701 $aGaukroger$b Stephen$0507374 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910815681303321 996 $aThe world and other writings$94189894 997 $aUNINA