Stoic Influences on Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Theories of Tides
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TexteLangue : français Détails de publication : 2008.
Sujet(s) : Ressources en ligne : Abrégé : The explanation of tides remained a significant theoretical challenge in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, whether to fill a gap in Aristotelian physics or to contribute further arguments to the debate on the new world system. One thesis frequently put forward was that tides are the effect of a submarine breathing of the Earth, which can be compared to a chemical explanation for the formation of spirits that cause the waters to rise. Stoic physics provides key elements for this model.
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The explanation of tides remained a significant theoretical challenge in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, whether to fill a gap in Aristotelian physics or to contribute further arguments to the debate on the new world system. One thesis frequently put forward was that tides are the effect of a submarine breathing of the Earth, which can be compared to a chemical explanation for the formation of spirits that cause the waters to rise. Stoic physics provides key elements for this model.
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