Modelle des Kosmos: Modelle des Himmels
The World as a Machine

René Descartes: Principia philosophiae, Amsterdam 1644
After Galileo’s condemnation, Descartes publishes his mechanistic theory of the cosmos only with reluctance. Space is filled with matter, and this matter is set in motion by force and impact. The total quantity of motion remains eternally constant.
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