The world / by René Descartes ; translated with an introduction by Jarrett A. Carty.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Descartes, René, 1596-1650, Author.

Contributor:

Carty, Jarrett A. (Jarrett Adrian), translator.

Standardized Title:

Monde. English http://id.loc.gov/resources/hubs/7d54347e-38d3-5f23-a6ac-0c9d462d92dc

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Science--Early works to 1800.

Science.

Physical Description:

xxvii, 133 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Place of Publication:

Macon, Georgia : Mercer University Press, [2026]

Summary:

"The World was one of the most ambitious treatises that Descartes ever undertook; it was also brilliantly original, influential, and controversial. The World offered a new mechanistic theory of the entire universe, from the smallest particles to the stars and planets. Descartes argued that all bodies were just inert matter in motion, moved only by contact with other bodies, and nothing more. In one short treatise, Descartes dispensed with the natural philosophy of Aristotle and the universities. Yet, despite its brilliant originality, The World has largely been forgotten. This new translation restores the text as a key part of Descartes's legacy. It includes a helpful introduction, a summary of the translated text, a chronology, a recommended bibliography, and two translated excerpts of the sister treatise to The World, the Treatise on Man"-- Provided by publisher.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Online version Descartes, René, 1596-1650 World

ISBN:

9798897360215

OCLC:

1565078177