Philosophical Principles On Matter And Movement - Denis Diderot (Translated by Will Johncock)
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A new translation from the French of Denis Diderot’s Les Principes Philosophiques sur La Matière et Le Mouvement (1792). This work forwards Diderot’s belief that the universe is a single physical system, in which motion is inherent to matter.
Diderot, a philosopher, playwright, and art critic, authored numerous novels, plays, and philosophical texts. He is heralded as a significant figure in the shaping of the French Enlightenment, co-founding and editing the flagship work of the era’s rationalising turn; Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts (Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers) (1751-66).
90 pages.
AVAILABLE SOON
A new translation from the French of Denis Diderot’s Les Principes Philosophiques sur La Matière et Le Mouvement (1792). This work forwards Diderot’s belief that the universe is a single physical system, in which motion is inherent to matter.
Diderot, a philosopher, playwright, and art critic, authored numerous novels, plays, and philosophical texts. He is heralded as a significant figure in the shaping of the French Enlightenment, co-founding and editing the flagship work of the era’s rationalising turn; Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts (Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers) (1751-66).
90 pages.
AVAILABLE SOON
A new translation from the French of Denis Diderot’s Les Principes Philosophiques sur La Matière et Le Mouvement (1792). This work forwards Diderot’s belief that the universe is a single physical system, in which motion is inherent to matter.
Diderot, a philosopher, playwright, and art critic, authored numerous novels, plays, and philosophical texts. He is heralded as a significant figure in the shaping of the French Enlightenment, co-founding and editing the flagship work of the era’s rationalising turn; Encyclopedia, or a Systematic Dictionary of the Sciences, Arts, and Crafts (Encyclopédie, ou Dictionnaire Raisonné des Sciences, des Arts et des Métiers) (1751-66).
90 pages.