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	The Galileo Project
		Gassendi was the son of Antoine Gassend and Francoise Fabry.
		Gassendi was ordained a priest in 1616 or 17.
		Cardinal Alphonse Richelieu was influencial in the appointment of Gassendi to the professorship in mathematics in 1645.
	galileo.rice.edu /Catalog/NewFiles/gassendi.html (1179 words)

	Pierre Gassendi
		Gassendi, "the Bacon of France", is specially note-worthy for his opposition to the Aristotelean philosophy, and for his revival of the Epicurean system.
		That Gassendi was neither "the father of materialism" nor a sceptic in the proper sense is shown by Kiefi (see Baldwin, op.
		Gassendi was esteemed by all, and loved by the poor for whom he provided in lifetime and in his last will.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/g/gassendi,pierre.html (817 words)

	Pierre Gassendi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Pierre Gassendi (January 22, 1592 – October 24, 1655) was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity and for publishing the first official observations of the Transit of Mercury in 1631.
		Pierre was born at Champtercier, near Digne, in France.
		Gassendi became one of the first to treat the literature of philosophy in a lively way.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Pierre_Gassendi (2028 words)

	Pierre Gassendi Biography
		In 1631, Gassendi was the first person to observe the transit of a planet across the Sun, observing the transit of Mercury which had been predicted by Kepler.
		Gassendi was one of the first after the revival of letters who treated the literature of philosophy in a lively way.
		Gassendi's life is given by Sorbière in the first collected edition of the works, by Bugerel, Vie de Gassendi (1737; 2nd ed., 1770), and by Damiron, Mémoire sur Gassendi (1839).
	www.biographybase.com /biography/Gassendi_Pierre.html (1919 words)

	Mercurius in Sole Visus - Pierre Gassendi
		Gassendi's conception of inertia was closely related to his atomism, which entails a denial of special qualities or "natures" for different kinds of matter, some (celestial objects) preferring circular motion and some (terrestial objects) preferring linear motion.
		It was this spirit that motivated the famous experiment performed by Gassendi, in which a cannonball was dropped from the mast of a ship sailing uniformly in a straight line, and the ball was observed to land at the foot of the mast, giving a concrete demonstration of Galileo's principle of relativity.
		Admittedly, Gassendi didn't apply strict empiricism consistently, since at other times he admitted the possibility of general abstract ideas that have no foundation in the senses, but his outlook was definitely more solidly empirical than the prevailing Scholasticism of his immediate predecessors, and more thoroughly materialistic than the dualism of Descartes.
	www.mathpages.com /home/kmath274.htm (1236 words)

	Pierre Gassendi (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy)
		Gassendi maintains that the microscopic observations of crystalline formation and dissolution demonstrate the molecular structure of matter, a key aspect of his atomism.
		Gassendi was a moderate modern thinker, promoting the new against a background of opposition the potential of which he knew quite well.
		Gassendi saw that the motion of the dropped stone at a sustained speed—in the absence of any contrary force or obstacle—is an instance of inertial motion, albeit one where the motion is compositional (describing the parabola).
	plato.stanford.edu /entries/gassendi (15596 words)

	Horror Vacui? - Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) - IMSS
		Gassendi recognised in the Greek thinker's atomism a particularly rich research programme for the nascent experimental science.
		The discoveries performed by the microscope in those years were interpreted, by Gassendi and many of his contemporaries, as a serious validation of atomism, and contributed to the enormous success which the Canon of Digne's theses had with European intellectuals of the day.
		Gassendi developed an interesting notion of space, which he considered as an infinite three-dimensional void, absolutely immobile and homogeneous, which exists in itself, even in the absence of bodies to define the parts.
	galileo.imss.firenze.it /vuoto/egasse.html (370 words)

	GASSENDI ( PIERRE GASSEND )
		In altri termini, la fiducia cartesiana nelle capacità esplicative del concetto di sostanza appare a Gassendi un'indebita concessione a un sapere metafisico che, seppure in forma diversa, ripropone i presupposti dogmatici della tradizione aristotelica.
		Verso il 1630 Gassendi, pur rimanendo fedele a questi presupposti di ascendenza scettica, si accosta progressivamente all' epicureismo nel tentativo di ritrovare il fondamento teorico dei nuovi indirizzi scientifici, dopo il fallimento dell' aristotelismo e del cartesianesimo.
		Gassendi, che non dimentica di essere un religioso, apporta tuttavia alcune correzioni alla tradizione epicurea, in modo da renderla compatibile con il cristianesimo.
	www.filosofico.net /gassendi.htm (641 words)

	20th WCP: ‘Probabilist’ Deductive Inference in Gassendi's Logic
		While something is surely amiss in calling deductivist inference "probabilistic," it seems Gassendi has hit upon a now-familiar, sensible point—namely, the use of deductive reasoning in empirical contexts, while providing certain formal guarantees, does not insulate empirical arguments from judgment by the measure of belief which we invest in their premises.
		Such a view is possible for Gassendi to begin with because he is among those early Moderns who allow that we may have warrant for claims though we are not certain of them; this is the 'degrees of belief' concept which figures prominently in the development of modern probability theory.
		And so Gassendi accepts 'probabilist' deductive inference for the same reason he accepts inductive inference without the crucial generalization step: each regularly produces results—that is, viable empirical beliefs—even in the absence of the relevant necessitating beliefs.
	www.bu.edu /wcp/Papers/Logi/LogiFish.htm (2833 words)

	SFL ORG. News Center Gassendi crater - clue on the thermal history of Mare Humorum
		Gassendi is an impact feature located on the near side of the Moon, at the northern edge of Mare Humorum.
		Gassendi is a scientifically interesting site because it offers lunar landers the possibility of sampling ancient highland rocks (in the crater's central peak) as well as providing ages for both the Humorum impact basin and the Gassendi crater itself.
		Gassendi was considered as one of the three potential sites for the Apollo 17 mission, that eventually touched ground in the Taurus-Littrow valley.
	www.sflorg.com /spacenews/sn070606_01.html (530 words)

	MODERN PHILOSOPHY: Humanism and the Renaissance
		But Pierre Gassendi (picture), a Catholic priest, known by his writings on astronomy, physics and mathematics, wrote a letter to Galileo that had to pass the censorship of the Inquisition, as Gassendi knew.
		Gassendi himself was wise, or at least cautious enough to avoid persecution on the part of the Church, although he professed materialism and criticized Descartes' idealistic views.
		Gassendi therefore was called the "Christianized Epicurus." Also in his personal life, Gassendi knew how to be a dignified priest, a learned theologian, and how to enjoy the society of witty and cheerful men, no matter whether they were faithful Christians or libertines.
	radicalacademy.com /adiphilhumanism.htm (3694 words)

	Pierre Gassendi
		Pierre Gassendi was a French philosopher, scientist and mathematician, best known for attempting to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity.
		In 1631, Gassendi became the first person to observe the transit of a planet across the Sun, viewing the transit of Mercury which Kepler had predicted.
		Gassendi's tendency towards the empirical school of speculation appears more pronounced here than in any of his other writings.
	www.philosophyprofessor.com /philosophers/pierre-gassendi.php (767 words)

	Gassendi, Pierre - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		GASSENDI, PIERRE [Gassendi, Pierre], 1592-1655, French philosopher and scientist.
		A teacher and priest, Gassendi taught at Digne, Aix, and the Royal College at Paris and held several church offices.
		He revived and interpreted the atomic theory of Democritus and Epicurus in terms of the new science, thereby opposing the Cartesian school, and also attempted to reconcile atomism and Epicurean ethics with the teachings of the church.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-gassendi.html (218 words)

	Pierre Gassendi
		Gassendi was born in Champtercier, near Digne in Provence; he was educated first at Digne, then at home, and finally at the Universities of Aix-en-Provence and Avignon, where he studied philosophy and theology.
		Although Gassendi shared much with Descartes, including an opposition to the Aristotelianism of the time, he was best known as a champion of Epicurus, whose philosophy he developed in a way that attempted to bring it into line with Christian thought.
		At the centre of this position is a mechanistic, atomistic view of the world, though Gassendi added to it a belief in the immortality of a spiritual soul which lay outside the physical.
	users.ox.ac.uk /~worc0337/authors/pierre.gassendi.html (716 words)

	The Thirteenth Floor
		Pierre Gassendi attended school at Digne from 1599 to 1606 then continued his education at home supervised by his uncle.
		Gassendi was Principal at the College of Digne from 1612 to 1614, then he received a doctorate in theology from Avignon and was ordained in 1615, one year later.
		In addition to these positions in the church, Gassendi was appointed professor of philosophy at the University of Aix in 1617.
	hammer.prohosting.com /ourminds/people/gassendi.html (278 words)

	Gassendi - Pierre Gassendi - Biography - Information - Links - Dr Robert A. Hatch
		Gassendi lived in Paris from 1628-1632 where he made a number of life-long friendships, notably with Boulliau, Mersenne, Mydorge, Naude, and La Mothe le Vayer.
		Significantly, in 1644 Gassendi accepted the prestigious position of Professor of Mathematics at the College royale, which at least one friend advised he decline, suggesting he had better ways to spend his time.
		Gassendi eventually published other works and commentaries on Epicurus but his clearest statement did not appear until after his death as the Syntagma philosophicum, published in his Opera omnia (1658).
	web.clas.ufl.edu /users/rhatch/pages/11-ResearchProjects/gassendi/06rp-g-bio.htm (703 words)

	No. 1898: Pierre Gassendi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Gassendi's greatest contribution was breathing life back into the atomic theory.
		As an engineer, I like to look at anything as rarified as Gassendi's philosophy and say, "Yes, but where does the cement come out?" In Gassendi's case, the cement came out of the mixer in the form of the robust experimental science established during the mid-1600s.
		That's why Gassendi was able to give us a number for the speed of sound on a normal day at Earth's surface.
	www.uh.edu /engines/epi1898.htm (523 words)

	ESA Science & Technology: Crater Gassendi (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The smaller crater at the top of the image is Gassendi A. The age of crater Gassendi is estimated to be 3.6 ± 0.7 billion years.
		Gassendi is a scientifically interesting site offering the possibility of sampling ancient highland rocks in the crater's central peak as well as providing ages for both the Humorum basin impact and the crater Gassendi impact.
		Gassendi was considered as one of the three potential landing sites for the Apollo 17 mission, which eventually landed in the Taurus-Littorw valley.
	sci.esa.int /science-e/www/object/index.cfm?fobjectid=39693 (630 words)

	Antonia LoLordo - Pierre Gassendi and the Birth of Early Modern Philosophy - Reviewed by Gianni Paganini, UniversitÃ ...
		Against this reading, LoLordo claims that Gassendi's scepticism and probabilism prevent a conflict between reason and faith: it is not the case that reason demonstrates the opposite, or the impossibility, of faith, but rather that reason gives probable arguments, which are less robust than revealed ones.
		Rather, we see Gassendi addressing what is for us a paradigmatically metaphysical issue that arose out of a dissatisfaction with both Aristotelian and neo-Platonist accounts and coming up with a theory that “has virtually nothing to do with observation and and everything to do with the requirements of his moral and religious world view" (p.
		In particular, Bloch showed how Gassendi, after a more "physical" approach to atomism, was pushed to revise the entire framework of his philosophy, because of the "relative soundness, and perhaps an unexpected one, that atomist materialism, when renewed and deepened in contact with Galilean science, took on at his eyes," (Bloch p.
	ndpr.nd.edu /review.cfm?id=9684 (1577 words)

	Pierre Dupuy, Jacques Dupuy, presented by Olivier THILL.
		Pierre and Jacques are from a family of high-ranking civil servants, allied to the most prestigious families of French parlementarians: de Thou, Séguier, Harlay.
		Pierre and Jacques are the main correspondents of Peiresc in Paris.
		Pierre (birth: Nov. 1582 in Agen - death: 14 Dec. 1651 in Paris), attorney to the parliament of Paris, host of the Academie des freres Dupuy, warden of the library of the king.
	members.aol.com /OlivThill/dupuy1.htm (2157 words)

	PIERRE GASSENDI
		Gassendi saw in the harmony of nature proof for the existence of God.
		Gassendi was the first to observe a planetary transit, that of Mercury in 1631, predicted by Kepler.
		I don't think Gassendi's purpose was like that of the priestly translator of Sextus Empicurus, which was done for the sake of criticism of skepticism (a school of philosophy).
	healthfully.org /biographical/id4.html (545 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pierre Gassendi
		That as an amateur astronomer, Gassendi was a persevering, attentive, and intelligent observer, is evident from his notebook carefully kept from 1618 until 1652 and filling over 400 pages.
		With a Galilean telescope he observed the transit of Mercury in 1631, predicted by Kepler, by projecting the sun's image on a screen of paper.
		Gassendi's "Opera Omnia" were edited in 6 vols., Lyons, 1658, and
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06391b.htm (685 words)

	Gassendi
		Pierre Gassendi, Francis Bacon, and Galileo Galilei were three of the Scientific Revolution’s prime movers.
		Gassendi, Bacon, and Galileo all practiced the “New Philosophy” that was central to the Scientific Revolution, but they went about their treatment of scriptural truth in different ways.
		Pierre Gassendi (1592-1655) was a French Catholic priest who subscribed to the ancient Greek atomic theory of Epicurus (341-270 BCE).
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	Gassendi
		The third feature of Gassendi's philosophy is that he advocated a moderate skepticism.
		Gassendi's obections to Descartes' Meditations can be found in a variety of editions of the Meditations which include the "Objections and Replies" including Haldane and Ross and the newer Cottingham translation of Descartes' works.
		Osler argues that the differences between Gassendi's account of the created world and that of Descartes directly reflects differences in their theological presuppositions.
	oregonstate.edu /instruct/phl302/philosophers/gassendi.html (567 words)

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