Article ID: CBB612040774

Kenelm Digby’s Two Treatises and the Reception of the Galilean Science of Motion (2020)

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The reception of and reaction to Galileo’s science of motion stimulated by the Minim friar, Marin Mersenne, in the early 1640s has been the subject of some discussion in recent years. Largely absent from that discussion have been the several English philosophers associated with Mersenne at that time: Thomas Hobbes, Thomas White, and Sir Kenelm Digby. This article examines the reception of Galileo’s science of motion in Digby’s major work, the Two Treatises, published at Paris in 1644. The article demonstrates Digby’s engagement with the critical response to Galileo’s thinking about motion in the work of his friend, Thomas White. It also shows, through examination of the holograph manuscript of the Two Treatises, the late revisions Digby made to the work after his arrival in Paris and his encounter with the Galilean experiments of Mersenne.

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Authors & Contributors
Settle, Thomas B.
Guerrini, Luigi
Lupieri, Edmondo
Gangopadhyaya, Asim
Ricciardo, Salvatore
Frank, Martin
Concepts
Physics
Mathematics
Mechanics
Cosmology
Astronomy
Motion (physical)
Time Periods
17th century
16th century
Early modern
Renaissance
Medieval
Places
Italy
Europe
England
Pisa (Italy)
Institutions
Royal Society of London
Jesuits (Society of Jesus)
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