The invisible world : early modern philosophy and the invention of the microscope /

Wilson argues that the discovery of the microworld - and the apparent role of living animalcula in generation, contagion, and disease - presented metaphysicians with the task of reconciling the ubiquity of life with human-centered theological systems. It was also a source of problems for philosopher...

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Autor principal: Wilson, Catherine, 1951-
Format: Licensed eBooks
Idioma:anglès
Publicat: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press ©1995.
Col·lecció:Studies in intellectual history and the history of philosophy.
Accés en línia:https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv173f0wr