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A study of scientific naturalism in the Enlightenment. In tracing the materialism of Diderot, La Mettrie, Buffon, and D'Holbach to its sources, it offers a fresh appraisal of the total influence of Descartes on the Enlightenment. Originally published in 1953. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make av



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*Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*CONTENTS, pg. vii*CHAPTER I. AN ASPECT OF THE CARTESIAN HERITAGE, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. FROM DESCARTES'S MONDE TO THE WORLDS OF DIDEROT AND MATERIALIST SCIENCE, pg. 47*CHAPTER III. SCIENTIFIC METHOD FROM DESCARTES TO THE PHILOSOPHES, pg. 135*CHAPTER IV. FROM CARTESIAN MECHANISTIC BIOLOGY TO THE MAN-MACHINE AND EVOLUTIONARY MATERIALISM, pg. 203*CHAPTER V. SUMMATION, pg. 291*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 323*INDEX, pg. 333

Diderot and Descartes

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/12/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691627144, 978-0691627144
      ISBN10: 0691627142
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      Book Synopsis

      A study of scientific naturalism in the Enlightenment. In tracing the materialism of Diderot, La Mettrie, Buffon, and D'Holbach to its sources, it offers a fresh appraisal of the total influence of Descartes on the Enlightenment. Originally published in 1953. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make av



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*PREFACE, pg. v*CONTENTS, pg. vii*CHAPTER I. AN ASPECT OF THE CARTESIAN HERITAGE, pg. 1*CHAPTER II. FROM DESCARTES'S MONDE TO THE WORLDS OF DIDEROT AND MATERIALIST SCIENCE, pg. 47*CHAPTER III. SCIENTIFIC METHOD FROM DESCARTES TO THE PHILOSOPHES, pg. 135*CHAPTER IV. FROM CARTESIAN MECHANISTIC BIOLOGY TO THE MAN-MACHINE AND EVOLUTIONARY MATERIALISM, pg. 203*CHAPTER V. SUMMATION, pg. 291*BIBLIOGRAPHY, pg. 323*INDEX, pg. 333

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