THE LEGACY OF GALILEU'S SCIENCE FOR THOMAS HOBBES' THOUGHT

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  • Maria Eliane Rosa de Souza Doutoranda na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul. Mestra em Filosofia Política pela Universidade Federal de Goiás. Professora na Universidade Católica de Goiás.

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https://doi.org/10.5216/hr.v9i2.10447

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This article aims at presenting a concise study about the new idea of nature and the Cosmo developed in the 17th century, more precisely by Galileo Galilee. It intends to show the legacy of Galileon science in the theory of the English philosopher Thomas Hobbes and the concepts of physics movement, mechanicism and the representation of the world.

Key words: Science, mechanicism, order, movement, the representation of the world.

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2010-07-19

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SOUZA, M. E. R. de. THE LEGACY OF GALILEU’S SCIENCE FOR THOMAS HOBBES’ THOUGHT. História Revista, Goiânia, v. 9, n. 2, 2010. DOI: 10.5216/hr.v9i2.10447. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/historia/article/view/10447. Acesso em: 16 aug. 2024.

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