Article ID: CBB996441678

Atomi, provvidenza, segni celesti: il dialogo epistolare fra Campanella e Gassendi (2009)

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An exchange of letters took place between Campanella and Gassendi in the 1630s, before the two eventually met in person in Provence, at the residence of their common friend Fabri de Peiresc, at the beginning of November 1634. The two scholars built a friendship and they held one another in high esteem, notwithstanding Campanella's criticism of atomistic doctrines, which he considered insufficient to provide an exhaustive explanation of the formation and organisation of natural beings. This criticism was also reflected in the field of celestial events: while Gassendi firmly refused to attribute any special meaning to unusual astronomical events, Campanella held that physical explanations should not preclude the possibility of these events being also signs of divine language, and as such heralds of messages that required interpretation.

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Authors & Contributors
Appetecchi, Elisabetta
De Lucca, Jean-Paul
Gasparri, Giuliano
Moiso, Marta
Lofano, Francesco
Frascarelli, Dalma
Concepts
Philosophy
Science and religion
Natural philosophy
Astronomy
Physics
Atomism
Time Periods
17th century
Renaissance
16th century
Early modern
21st century
20th century
Places
Italy
France
Rome (Italy)
England
Europe
Naples (Italy)
Institutions
School of Milan
Accademia del Cimento, Florence
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