Selections from the Principles of Philosophy - Softcover

Descartes, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9386874261 ISBN 13: 9789386874269

Publisher: Alpha Edition, 2017

Synopsis

Principles of Philosophy is a book by René Descartes. In essence it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy It was written in Latin, published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia, with whom Descartes had a long-standing friendship. A French version (Les Principes de la Philosophie) followed in 1647. It set forth the principles of nature—the Laws of Physics—as Descartes viewed them. Most notably, it set forth the principle that in the absence of external forces, an object's motion will be uniform and in a straight line. Newton borrowed this principle from Descartes and included it in his own Principia; to this day, it is still generally referred to as Newton's First Law of Motion. The book was primarily intended to replace the Aristotelian curriculum then used in French and British Universities. The work provides a systematic statement of his metaphysics and natural philosophy, and represents the first truly comprehensive, mechanistic account of the universe.

Edition details

• Publisher: Alpha Edition
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9386874261
• ISBN 13: 9789386874269
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 98