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100 1 _aNewcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of,
_d1624?-1674
245 1 0 _aGrounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts :
_bThe Second Edition, much altered from the First, which went under the Name of Philosophical and Physical Opinions
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2018
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2018-12-03
508 _aProduced by Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature
520 _a"Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts" by Newcastle is a foundational work in natural philosophy written in the late 17th century. The text explores the nature of matter, motion, perception, and life, presenting the author’s contemplations and arguments about the physical world based on the self-moving parts of nature. It delves into various philosophical inquiries surrounding the essence of existence and the interplay between different forms of matter and motion. The opening of the text begins with an appeal to European universities, where the author, Margaret Newcastle, expresses her desire for critical examination of her ideas despite her self-professed lack of formal training. She acknowledges the imperfections in the first edition of her work and hints at the corrections made in this second edition. The initial chapters introduce fundamental concepts such as matter’s definitions, the relationship between motion and matter, and the necessity of a unified understanding of nature’s properties, laying the groundwork for her more complex explorations into perception, life, and the characteristics of various beings. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aPhysics -- Early works to 1800
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/58404
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