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René DESCARTES, — Principia Philosophiae. — Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1644. — In–4°. — Rel. en plein cuire partiellement originale, encadrement des couvertures avec des filets deux fois dorés, dos avec des nerfs renouvelées. Coins...

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émoussés. — Première édition. ♦ Rare. — Lit.: Norman 622 ; Guibert, p. 118 ; Tchemerzine II, p. 787; NLM/Krivatsy 9512.
■ René DESCARTES, — Principia Philosophiae. Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1644. In–4°. 310 numb.pp.
Part. orig. full brown calf leathered binding, plates with double guilt decoration, raised and renewed spine. Corners worn.
First edition, in which Descartes developed his theory of vortices. Based in part on his then unpublished work Le monde, which treated the creation and function of the universe in completely mechanistic terms, Descartes' Principia provides a systematic statement of his metaphysics and natural philosophy.
The first part, Dc principiis cognitionis humanae (Of the Principles of Human Knowledge) deals with the nature of motion, rest, force, and action. He defines motion in Book II and distinguishes the difference between translation and 'the force that brings about this translation.
' Descartes was careful in the Principia to qualify his mechanistic Copernican views with the idea that all motion is relative.
'His vortical theory allowed him to argue that since the earth is at rest in its surrounding medium it remains unmoved, although it, together with its entire vortex, necessarily circles the sun' (Norman). Descartes' system represents a truly comprehensive look at the universe in a fundamentally new, mechanistic and non–teleological way.
His vortex theory was the starting point for all serious work in physical theory in the mid–l7th century, including Newton.
The fourth and final part of the work contains the first scientific theory of magnetism.
Lit.: Norman 622; Guibert, p. 118; Tchemerzine II, p. 787; NLM/Krivatsy 9512.

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■ (WETENSCHAP) René DESCARTES, — Principia Philosophiae. Amsterdam, Louis Elzevir, 1644. In–4°.
1 blanco, titelpagina, (10), 1 blanco, 310 gen.pp., 1 blanco.
Deels orig. volle bruine kalfslederen band, platten met dubbele vergulde filets als omkadering, rug met ribben vernieuwd. Hoeken geschaafd.

Zeldzame eerste uitgave – pas in 1657 verscheen de nederlandstalige versie als 'Beginselen van de Filosofie – waarin Descartes zowel de beginselen van de menselijke kennis als de beginselen van de materiële objecten als het 'universum' en 'de aarde' behandelt.
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