Article ID: CBB000034399

Metaphysics and materialism: Needham's response to d'Holbach (1991)

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Description Includes the text of Needham's Idée sommaire, on vue générale du systême physique & métaphysique ... sur la génération des corps organisés, Needham's attempt to “define a new biology based on active matter that did not lead to materialism”.


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Authors & Contributors
Roe, Shirley A.
Darnton, Robert
Cristani, Giovanni
Giovanni Cristiani
Thomson, Ann
Stefani, Marta
Concepts
Science
Materialism
Encyclopedias (history)
Philosophy
Earth sciences
Geology
Time Periods
18th century
Enlightenment
Places
France
Italy
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