Lolordo, Antonia. Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy.(Book review) From: The Review of Metaphysics | Date: September 1, 2007| Author: Dougherty, Jude P. | COPYRIGHT 2007 Philosophy Education Society, Inc. 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

LOLORDO, Antonia. Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. x+ 283 pp. Cloth, $75.00--This work is aptly subtitled "The Birth of Early Modern Philosophy." Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) is not a household name, but he was in his own day engaged in one way or another with the leading intellectual figures of his time. He corresponded with scores of his illustrious contemporaries, notably with Descartes, Galileo, Kepler, Hobbes...