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Author Lüthy, Christoph Herbert.

Title David Gorlæus (1591-1612) : an enigmatic figure in the history of philosophy and science / Christoph Lüthy.

Imprint Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2012.

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Description 1 online resource (225 pages) : illustrations.
text txt rdacontent
computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
text file rdaft
Series History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands, 1569-3481 ; vol. 13
History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands ; vol. 13. 1569-3481
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "When David Gorlaeus (1591-1612) passed away at 21 years of age, he left behind two highly innovative manuscripts. Once they were published, his work had a remarkable impact on the evolution of seventeenth-century thought. However, as his identity was unknown, divergent interpretations of their meaning quickly sprang up. Seventeenth-century readers understood him as an anti-Aristotelian thinker and as a precursor of Descartes. Twentieth-century historians depicted him as an atomist, natural scientist and even as a chemist. And yet, when Gorlaeus died, he was a beginning student in theology. His thought must in fact be placed at the intersection between philosophy, the nascent natural sciences, and theology. The aim of this book is to shed light on Gorlaeus' family circumstances, his education at Franeker and Leiden, and on the virulent Arminian crisis which provided the context within which his work was written. It also attempts to define Gorlaeus' place in the history of Dutch philosophy and to assess the influence that it exercised in the evolution of philosophy and science, and notably in early Cartesian circles."--Page 4 of cover.
Note Print version record.
Language En.
Contents Ch. 1. Introducing Gorlæus -- ch. 2. Gorlæus' two treatises -- ch. 3. Gorlæus' life -- ch. 4. Gorlæus' place in the history of seventeenth-century thought.
Subject Gorlaeus, David, 1591-1612.
Gorlaeus, David, 1591-1612 https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJyWRF3mDWVKHCjV7KBVmd
Physics -- History.
Philosophy -- History.
Science -- History.
Atomism.
Physique -- Histoire.
Philosophie -- Histoire.
Sciences -- Histoire.
Atomisme.
Humanities.
History.
Regional and national history.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Anthropology -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Regional Studies.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Sociology -- General.
HISTORY -- Civilization.
HISTORY -- Essays.
HISTORY -- Reference.
HISTORY -- Social History.
HISTORY -- General.
Atomism
Philosophy
Physics
Science
Natuurfilosofie.
Natuurwetenschappen.
Nederland.
Indexed Term geschiedenis
history, geography, and auxiliary disciplines
history
geography
and auxiliary disciplines
Atomism
Conrad Vorstius
David van Goorle
God
Metaphysics
René Descartes
Genre/Form History
Other Form: Print version:Lüthy, Christoph Herbert. David Gorlæus (1591-1612). Amsterdam : Amsterdam University Press, ©2012 9789089644381 (OCoLC)796074276
ISBN 9789048516810 (electronic bk.)
9048516811 (electronic bk.)
9789048516803 (electronic bk.)
9048516803 (electronic bk.)
9789089644381
9089644385
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9781283698382
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DEBSZ 397402864
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