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10 octobre 2022
- doi: 10.4000/books.vrin.7507
- isbn: 9782711613069
- eisbn: 9782345001287
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Renaissance philosophie History & Philosophy Of Science Medieval & Renaissance Studies PHI037000 SCI034000 HPCB PDXCiter ce document
Theo Verbeek, « Gassendi et les Pays-Bas », Vrin, ID : 10.4000/books.vrin.7507
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The most prominent feature of the history of Dutch philosophy in the XVIIth. century seems to be its emancipation from orthodox Aristotelianism; this trend was fostered by the emergence of Cartesianism, a philosophy that set the dismissal of all pre-existing knowledge and obedience as a prerequisite. The Anticartesians, well examplified by Bornius (1617-1675) and later Gerard De Vries (1648-1705), used Gassendi and his Disquisitio metaphysica as a source and model in their battle against Cartesian dogmaticism and intolerant sectarism, in favour of critical eclecticism and a genuine pursuit of experimental knowledge. But, as this paper tries to point out, a close scrutiny of the writings and teachings of the Dutch “modern” authors yields no evidence of Gassendi’s stylistic or doctrinal influence upon them.