Voltaire's contribution to the spread of Newtonianism. I: Letters from England: Les lettres philosophiques

DOI10.1016/0020-7403(90)90171-EMaRDI QIDQ2276934zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Yanyan Li

Publication date 1990

Published in International Journal of Mechanical Sciences (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/0020-7403(90)90171-e

zbMATH Keywords

CartesianismempiricismJacques RohaultJohn LockeNewtonianismSamuel ClarkeVoltaire

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Philosophy of mathematics (00A30) History of mathematics in the 18th century (01A50)

Review text

Voltaire's ``Letters concerning the English nation (London 1733; French version 1734 as ``Les lettres philosophiques) usually are quoted as one of the books that stroke a blow for Newtonianism and English empiricism in France. The authors describe and discuss the contents and background of that influential booklet and add some interesting remarks on Jacques Rohault (1620--1675), Samuel Clarke (1675--1729), and especially John Locke and their relations to the book's topics.

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