Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy

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Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy is written by Antonia LoLordo and published by Cambridge University Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1139460854 (ISBN 10) and 9781139460859 (ISBN 13).

This book offers a comprehensive treatment of the philosophical system of the seventeenth-century philosopher Pierre Gassendi. Gassendi's importance is widely recognized and is essential for understanding early modern philosophers and scientists such as Locke, Leibniz and Newton. Offering a systematic overview of his contributions, LoLordo situates Gassendi's views within the context of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century natural philosophy as represented by a variety of intellectual traditions, including scholastic Aristotelianism, Renaissance Neo-Platonism, and the emerging mechanical philosophy. LoLordo's work will be essential reading for historians of early modern philosophy and science.