The philosophy of Gassendi

PART II. PHYSICS

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_SECTION A_

CHAP.

I. INTRODUCTORY 19

II. TIME AND SPACE 34

III. FIRST PRINCIPLES

(_a_) THE MATERIAL PRINCIPLE 49

(_b_) PRIMARY AND SECONDARY CAUSES 55

(_c_) MOTION AND MUTATION 59

(_d_) ON QUALITIES 65

(_e_) ON THE ORIGIN AND DECAY OF THINGS 82

_SECTION B_

I. THE INANIMATE WORLD 89

II. THE ANIMATE WORLD

(_a_) INTRODUCTORY 98

(_b_) ON DESIGN IN NATURE 100

(_c_) THE THEORY OF THE SOUL 106

(_d_) THE ANIMA HUMANA 111

(_e_) THE BASIS OF PSYCHIC LIFE 115

III. PSYCHIC LIFE

(_a_) SENSE AND SENSATION 121

(_b_) IMAGINATION 129

(_c_) INTELLECT AND ITS FUNCTIONS 139

(_d_) THE HABITS OF INTELLECT 150

(_e_) THE PASSIONS 153

IV. THE NATURE OF LIFE

(_a_) THE VIS MOTRIX 161

(_b_) LIFE AND DEATH 168

(_c_) THE CONSTITUTION OF ANIMALS 172