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De Corpore
''De Corpore'' ("On the Body") is a 1655 book by Thomas Hobbes. As its full Latin title ''Elementorum philosophiae sectio prima De corpore'' implies, it was part of a larger work, conceived as a trilogy. ''De Cive'' had already appeared, while ''De Homine'' would be published in 1658. Hobbes had in fact been drafting ''De Corpore'' for at least ten years before its appearance, putting it aside for other matters.〔Tom Sorell, ''The Cambridge Companion to Hobbes'' (1996), pp. 29-31.〕 This delay affected its reception: the approach taken seemed much less innovative than it would have done in the previous decade. ==Contents== Although the chosen title would suggest a work of natural philosophy, ''De Corpore'' is largely devoted to foundational matters. It consists of four sections. Part I covers logic. Part II and Part III concern “abstract bodies”: the second part is a repertoire of scientific concepts, and the third of geometry. The Chapters 16 to 20 of Part III are in fact devoted to mathematics generally, in a reductive way, and proved controversial. They proposed a kinematic foundation for geometry, which Hobbes wished to equate with mathematics; geometry itself, that is, is a “science of motion”. Hobbes here adopts ideas from Galileo and Cavalieri. It is in Part IV, on natural phenomena, that there is discussion of physics as such.〔http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Biographies/Hobbes.html〕〔Stephen J. Finn, ''Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Natural Philosophy'' (2006), pp. 42-5.〕
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