Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy and Science: Atomism for Empiricists.(Book review) From: Renaissance Quarterly | Date: December 22, 2006| Author: Osler, Margaret J. | COPYRIGHT 2006 The Renaissance Society of America. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Saul Fisher. Pierre Gassendi's Philosophy and Science: Atomism for Empiricists.

Brill's Studies in Intellectual History 131. Leiden: Brill Academic Publishers, 2005. 436 pp. index. bibl. $172.50. ISBN: 90-04-11996-5.

Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655), a French Catholic priest from Haute Provence, is best known as the natural philosopher who restored the philosophy of Epicurus by attempting to make it compatible with Christian orthodoxy. Writing in the style of a Re...

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