Gassendi, Pierre

Gassendi, Pierre
Gassendi, Pierre
French philosopher and scientist. Article by J.G. Hagen covers Gassendi's life and work in some detail

Catholic Encyclopedia. . 2006.


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  • Gassendi, Pierre — ▪ French mathematician, philosopher, and scientist Introduction Gassendi also spelled  Gassend   born Jan. 22, 1592, Champtercier, Provence, France died Oct. 24, 1655, Paris       French philosopher, scientist, and mathematician, who revived… …   Universalium

  • Gassendi , Pierre — (1592–1655) French physicist and philosopher Gassendi was born at Champtercier in France. After being educated in Aix and Paris, he gained a doctorate in theology from Avignon in 1616, was ordained in 1617, and in the same year was appointed to… …   Scientists

  • Gassendi, Pierre — (1592 1655)    philosopher, savant    Born in Champtercier, near Digne, where he was educated, Pierre Gassend, or Gassendi as he is known, in 1617 was named professor of philosophy at the University of Aix en Provence. For several years, he… …   France. A reference guide from Renaissance to the Present

  • Gassendi, Pierre — (1592–1655) French philosopher and mathematician. Born in Provence and educated as a priest, Gassendi taught at Digne and at Aix before being appointed to the chair of mathematics at the Royal College of France in Paris in 1645. His earliest work …   Philosophy dictionary

  • Gassendi, Pierre — See Seventeenth century materialism …   History of philosophy

  • Gassendi, Pierre — ► (1592 1655) Matemático, astrónomo y filósofo francés. Fundamenta el conocimiento en una doctrina sensualista y en el atomismo clásico de Demócrito y Epicuro …   Enciclopedia Universal

  • GASSENDI, PIERRE —    a French mathematician and philosopher, born in Provence; declared against scholastic methods out of deference to the empirical; controverted the metaphysics of Descartes; became the head of a school opposed to him; adopted the philosophy of… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Gassendi — Gassendi, Pierre …   Philosophy dictionary

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  • Pierre Gassend — Pierre Gassendi (Pierre Gassend, Petrus Gassendi; * 22. Januar 1592 in Champtercier/Provence; † 24. Oktober 1655 in Paris) war ein französischer Theologe, Naturwissenschaftler und Philosoph. Pierre Gassendi Inhaltsverzeichnis …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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