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Title page of Renati Des-Cartes Principia philosophiae. Amstelodami : Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, MDCXLIV [1644] Descartes was arguably the most influential natural philosopher of the Scientific Revolution. His work was central to the mechanical turn in science in which contact forces replaced Aristotelian causes as the basis for explanation.

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