Article ID: CBB352728199

From Active Matter to Inertia, from Celerity to Slowness: the Motion of Atoms and of Compound Bodies in Gassendi’s Physics (2022)

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Pierre Gassendi tried to provide the laws of motion with an ontological foundation, by explaining the behavior of compound bodies in terms of the dynamic properties of their component particles. In this attempt, Gassendi was however confronted with a double difficulty. The first was to reconcile the principle of inertia, valid at the level of the res concretae, with the atoms’ innate propensity to motion; the second was to explain away the fact that the natural motion of atoms is rectilinear and maximally fast, whereas compound bodies move along various trajectories and with different speeds.

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Authors & Contributors
Palmerino, Carla Rita
Giannetto, Enrico
Galen Barry
Lofano, Francesco
Dyck, Maarten Van
Roux, Sophie
Concepts
Physics
Natural philosophy
Motion (physical)
Atomism
Momentum; inertia (mechanics)
Philosophy
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Places
Italy
England
Naples (Italy)
France
Europe
Rome (Italy)
Institutions
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
Accademia del Cimento, Florence
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