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Pierre Gassendi (French: [pjɛʁ gasɛ̃di]; also Pierre Gassend, Petrus Gassendi, Petrus Gassendus; 22 January 1592 – 24 October 1655) was a French philosopher, Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician.
Pierre Gassendi, French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, who revived Epicureanism as a substitute for Aristotelianism, attempting in the process to reconcile mechanistic atomism with the Christian belief in an infinite God. Learn more about Gassendi’s life and work.
May 31, 2005 · Pierre Gassendi (b. 1592, d. 1655) was a French philosopher, scientific chronicler, observer, and experimentalist, scholar of ancient texts and debates, and active participant in contemporary deliberations of the first half of the seventeenth century.
Pierre Gassendi, Gassendi also spelled Gassend, (born Jan. 22, 1592, Champtercier, Provence, Fr.—died Oct. 24, 1655, Paris), French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, best known for his mitigated skepticism and his revival of Epicurean atomism as an alternative to Aristotelean teleology.
May 29, 2018 · Pierre Gassendi, the leading French seventeenth-century skeptical and Epicurean philosopher and scientist, was born at Champtercier, a Proven ç al village in France. He studied at Digne and Aix-en-Provence and was appointed professor of rhetoric at Digne at the age of twenty-one. In 1614 he received his doctorate in theology at Avignon.
Pierre Gassendi. 1592-1655. French Natural Philosopher, Mathematician, and Priest. P ierre Gassendi is best known as the seventeenth-century rehabilitator of the atomism of the ancient Greek moralist and natural philosopher, Epicurus (341-270 b.c.).
Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, scientist, astronomer, and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity and for publishing the first official observations of the transit of Mercury in 1631.
Jul 21, 2020 · The French philosopher and physicist Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) was certainly one of the most important founding fathers of the new science and philosophy of the seventeenth century.
This book is the first comprehensive treatment in English of the philosophical system of the seventeenth-century philosopher Pierre Gassendi. Gassendi’s importance is widely recognized and is essen-tial for understanding early modern philosophers and scientists such as Locke, Leibniz, and Newton. Offering a systematic overview of his ...
Pierre Gassendi (1592–1655) has never really received the respect he deserves, especially in the Anglo-American world.
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