Author Gaukroger, Stephen.

Title Descartes' system of natural philosophy / Stephen Gaukroger.

Imprint Cambridge, UK ; New York, NY : Cambridge University Press, 2002.
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 Monograph Collection  B1873 .G38 2002  AVAILABLE
Description viii, 258 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-254) and index.
Contents 1. Before the Principia -- 2. The Principia and the Scholastic textbook tradition -- 3. Principia, Part I: The principles of knowledge -- 4. Principia, Part II: The principles of material objects -- 5. Principia, Part III: The visible universe -- 6. Principia, Part IV: The Earth -- 7. Principia, Part V: Living things -- 8. Principia, Part VI: Man.
Subject(s) Descartes, René, 1596-1650.
Science -- Philosophy.