Pierre Gassendi (Person) AKA Pierre Gassend, Petrus Gassendi
Pierre Gassendi
1592 AD - 1655 AD
AKA Pierre Gassend, Petrus Gassendi
French philosopher, priest, astronomer, and mathematician who attempted to reconcile Epicurean atomism with Christianity.
He also published the first data on the transit of Mercury in 1631.
He wrote numerous philosophical works. Notably, he argued against his contemporary Descartes on the possibility of certain knowledge and was very modern in his approach, relying heavily on scientific evidence to support his views.
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