The Philosophy of Gassendi
The Philosophy of Gassendi
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It is commonly thought, ' M. Guyau continues, ' that Contingency, placed by Epi- curus at the origin of things, existed, according to him, at the origin alone, and then disappeared in order again to leave room for necessity. The world once made, the machine once constructed, why should it not go on by itself without any need of invoking any other force than Necessity ? ' (Masson, pp. 210-214).
Further quotation shows that M. Guyau thinks, in opposition to this common view, that Spontaneity is a...lways and everywhere active. The objection that all production would then be of the nature of a miracle is rebutted by saying that the idea of miracles implies an agent outside the natural order ; but here the agency is in the things whose sum is 232 PHILOSOPHY OF GASSENDI [pt.
nature : moreover the effect produced by this spon- taneity would be very slight. (Masson rightly points out that this is wrong : ' the spontaneous movement of a mass of matter, however slight, might still be able to give the initial impulse required to let loose a mighty force.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
It is commonly thought, ' M. Guyau continues, ' that Contingency, placed by Epi- curus at the origin of things, existed, according to him, at the origin alone, and then disappeared in order again to leave room for necessity. The world once made, the machine once constructed, why should it not go on by itself without any need of invoking any other force than Necessity ? ' (Masson, pp. 210-214).
Further quotation shows that M. Guyau thinks, in opposition to this common view, that Spontaneity is a...lways and everywhere active. The objection that all production would then be of the nature of a miracle is rebutted by saying that the idea of miracles implies an agent outside the natural order ; but here the agency is in the things whose sum is 232 PHILOSOPHY OF GASSENDI [pt.
nature : moreover the effect produced by this spon- taneity would be very slight. (Masson rightly points out that this is wrong : ' the spontaneous movement of a mass of matter, however slight, might still be able to give the initial impulse required to let loose a mighty force.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by George Sidney Brett to read onlineMoreLess
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