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Pierre Gassendi was a French philosopher, astronomer, mathematician, priest, and scientist who lived from 1592 to 1655 and made contributions across multiple fields of knowledge during the Scientific Revolution. He matters because he helped bridge religious faith and scientific inquiry at a time when the two were often in tension, and his work in astronomy and natural philosophy influenced the development of modern science.
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- Born
- 22 January 1592
- Died
- 24 October 1655
- Works
- 123
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- Correspondance
- I. Sever. Pinaei Carnat. De integritatis et corruptionis virginum notis
- Petri Gassendi Disquisitio metaphysica
- Notitia ecclesiæ diniensis
- Viri illustris Nicolai Claudii Fabricii de Peiresc, senatoris Aquisextiensis, vita
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35 objects attributed to 皮埃尔·伽桑狄, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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皮埃爾·伽桑狄（Pierre Gassendi，1592年1月22日－1655年8月24日），法國科學家、數學家、哲學家、傳教士、天文學家。他在法國東南部的教堂擁有一份工作，並且在巴黎領導一群自由思想派的知識分子。他同時也是一個積極觀測的科學家，在1631年出版了水星凌日一書，伽桑狄隕石坑便是以他命名。 他使伊比鳩魯學派復興，以取代亞里士多德學派，他宣传原子论思想。他认为世界上的一切东西都是按一定次序结合起来的原子总和，世界是无限的。伽桑狄在认识方面是感觉论者，他肯定感觉是知识的唯一来源。他的社会观点是“自然权利”的观点，他说国家只是一种分工，是建立在社会契约的基础上的。
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