biography
pronunciation:
[gasãdee]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1592–1655)
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| biography:
| Philosopher and scientist, born in Champtercier, SE France. Ordained priest (1616), he became professor of philosophy at Aix (1617) and professor of mathematics at the Collège Royal in Paris (1645). Kepler and Galileo were among his friends. He was a strong advocate of the experimental approach to science, and tried to reconcile an atomic theory of matter (based on the Epicurean model) with Christian doctrine. He is best known for his Objections (1642) to Descartes' Meditations, but he also wrote on others, including Copernicus. His works include Institutio astronomica (1647) and the Syntagma philosophicum (Philosophical Treatise), published posthumously in 1658. |
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