Malebranche´s De la recherche de la verité 1674
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(MALEBRANCHE, NICOLAS DE). De la recherche de la verité. Ou l'on traitte de la nature de l'esprit de l'homme, & de l'usage qu'il en doit faire pour éviter l'erreur dans les sciences. Paris (Andr'e Pralard) 1674.
12:o. (40), 1-420 s. 1 engraved plate (all).
Contemporary brown full calf, somewhat worn, gilt edges of covers, slightly faded richly gilt spine in six compartments, redspeckled edges. Title missing lower outer corner, some minor worming in the beginning at lower outer corner, leaf signed ãv in the beginning with small hole in outer margin. Minor foxing. The authors name written in ink on title, signature of B. Gaspard 1806 on title.
First edition.
Nicolas Malebranche (1638 1715), was a French Oratorian priest and rationalist philosopher. In his works, he sought to synthesize the thought of St. Augustine and Descartes, in order to demonstrate the active role of God in every aspect of the world. Malebranche is best known for his doctrines of Vision in God and Occasionalism.
Although better known for his philosophical work, Malebranche made some notable contributions to physics, on the nature of light and color, and on the laws of motion, a topic he discussed extensively with Leibniz. He also wrote on mathematics and, although he made no major mathematical discoveries of his own, he was instrumental in introducing and disseminating the contributions of Descartes and Leibniz in France. Malebranche introduced l'Hôpital to Johann Bernoulli, with the ultimate result being the publication of the first textbook in infinitesimal calculus. (Wikipedia).
From the library of Swedish antiquarian bookdealer Björn Löwendahl (1941-2013).
Auktionsnummer:
6214
Datum:
2015-06-16