Contra Philosophiam Cartesianam

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Pages : 321-333

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Publication Date : 2023-05-23

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Abstract :In this unpublished Latin fragment insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(which dates from May 1702); G. W. Leibniz criticizes the Cartesian conception of body and force and develops his own notion of matter, extension and his theory of forces. He argues against Descartes and Cartesians that 1); the essence of corporal bodies cannot be reduced to extension alone but the latter arise from the primitive force itself, 2); consequently Cartesian quantity of motion falls short to account the motive force of a moving body since the true the nature of physical bodies which can only be understood through a careful analysis of dynamical forces.
Keywords : Descartes, Leibniz, dinamik, kuvvet, madde