Season 3 · 1 Aug 2017#3.3 From Ulysses to Daedalus- 9:31Great libertine scholar, whose objections gave Descartes the most trouble.
Gassendi
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Who is this?Pierre Gassendi (French:; also Pierre Gassend or Petrus Gassendus; 22 January 1592 – 24 October 1655) was a French philosopher, Catholic priest, astronomer, and mathematician. While he held a church position in south-east France, he also spent much time in Paris, where he was a leader of a group of free-thinking intellectuals. He was also an active observational scientist, publishing the first data on the transit of Mercury in 1631. The lunar crater Gassendi is named after him. […]
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Season 3 · 1 Aug 2017#3.3 From Ulysses to Daedalus
Season 8 · 30 May 2020#9 • Return to the logics of the subject- 25:33Cited among the atomist freethinkers targeted by Pascal.
Season 1 · 10 Dec 2015#1.6 Between crisis and war: Philosophising?- 5:09Atomist and materialist libertine under absolute monarchy.