TY  - BOOK
AU  - Lüthy,Christoph Herbert
ED  - Project Muse.
TI  - David Gorlæus (1591-1612) : : An Enigmatic Figure in the History of Philosophy and Science / 
T2  - History of science and scholarship in the Netherlands,
SN  - 9789048516803
PY  - 2012///
CY  - Amsterdam
PB  - Amsterdam University Press
KW  - Gorlaeus, David,
KW  - Physics - General
KW  - hilcc
KW  - Physical Sciences & Mathematics
KW  - Physics
KW  - Natuurwetenschappen
KW  - gtt
KW  - Natuurfilosofie
KW  - Science
KW  - fast
KW  - Philosophy
KW  - Atomism
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Social History
KW  - Reference
KW  - Essays
KW  - Civilization
KW  - SOCIAL SCIENCE
KW  - Sociology
KW  - Regional Studies
KW  - Anthropology
KW  - Regional and national history
KW  - bicssc
KW  - History
KW  - Humanities
KW  - Atomisme
KW  - Sciences
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Philosophie
KW  - Physique
KW  - Nederland
KW  - Electronic books.
KW  - local
N1  - Ch. 1. Introducing Gorlaeus -- ch. 2. Gorlaeus' two treatises -- ch. 3. Gorlaeus' life -- ch. 4. Gorlaeus' place in the history of seventeenth-century thought; Open Access
N2  - "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
UR  - https://muse.jhu.edu/book/66274/
ER  -