Philosopher

Isaac Beeckman

Overview

Isaac Beeckman (10 December 1588 – 19 May 1637) was a Dutch philosopher and scientist, who, through his studies and contact with leading natural philosophers, may have "virtually given birth to modern atomism".

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Philosophers who discussed Isaac Beeckman

• Pierre Gassendi
• René Descartes
• Marin Mersenne

Ideas Isaac Beeckman discusses

• Epicurus
• Pierre Gassendi
• René Descartes
• Rotterdam
• History of atomic theory
• Galileo Galilei
• Aristotle
• Natural philosophy
• Leiden
• Dutch Republic
• Atomism
• Dordrecht
• Marin Mersenne

Place in the tradition

Part of Atomism.

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