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The Activity of Matter in Gassendi's Physics
Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy 2:75-103 (2005)
Abstract
Gassendi holds that matter is intrinsically active - it possesses an innate active force or power. This paper explains what that active power consists in and why Gassendi adopted this view.Author's Profile
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