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In this book, published in 1686, the scientist Robert Boyle (1627–91) attacked prevailing notions of the natural world which depicted 'Nature' as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being. Boyle, one of the leading mechanical philosophers of his day, believed that the world was best understood as a vast, impersonal machine, fashioned by an ...
- Robert Boyle
- 1996
5 de jun. de 2012 · Robert Boyle: A Free Enquiry into the Vulgarly Received Notion of Nature , pp. 1 - 2. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139166836.005. Publisher: Cambridge University Press. Print publication year: 1996.
In this book, published in 1686, the scientist Robert Boyle (1627-91) attacked prevailing notions of the natural world which depicted 'Nature' as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being.
I come now to consider the Argu∣ment, that may be drawn in favour of the Receiv'd Notion of Nature, from the Critical Evacuations which happen at certain times in Diseases, and the strange Shifts that Nature sometimes makes use of in them, to free Herself from the Noxious Hu∣mours that oppress'd Her.
7 de nov. de 1996 · Published in 1686, this work attacked prevailing notions of the natural world that depicted "Nature" as a wise, benevolent and purposeful being. It represents one of the subtlest statements...
A free enquiry into the vulgarly receiv'd notion of nature made in an essay address'd to a friend Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. Table of contents | Add to bookbag | How to cite
A free enquiry into the vulgarly receiv'd notion of nature made in an essay address'd to a friend / by R.B., Fellow of the Royal Society. Boyle, Robert, 1627-1691. London: Printed by H. Clark for John Taylor ..., 1685/6 [i.e. 1686]
