Samuel Clarke (1 janv. 1675 – 1 janv. 1729)
Description:
Samuel Clarke was an English philosopher and Anglican cleric. His tutor at Cambridge was John Ellis, a personal friend of Isaac Newton, but who in natural philosophy taught in line with the Cartesianism that prevailed in the university.Clarke, however, came to adopt the new physical system of Newton; he used the vehicle of an annotated translation of a work on physics in the Cartesian tradition to comment on the superiority of the Newtonian system. This textbook was published in 1697.
Ajouté au bande de temps:
Date:
1 janv. 1675
1 janv. 1729
~ 54 years