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Sectio prima de corpore, references are by chapter, section and page number of
the English translation in vol. 1 of Molesworth; De cive—Elementorum
Philosophiae, Sectio tertia, de cive; I use ‘De cive’ to refer to the English
translation, Philosophical Rudiments concerning Government and Society, in
vol. 2 of Molesworth; DP—Decameron physiologicum or Ten Dialogues of
Natural Philosophy, vol. 7 of Molesworth.
NOTES
1 For more detail, see A.Beaulieu, ‘Les Relations de Hobbes et de Mersenne’, in Y.-
C.Zarka and J.Bernhardt, Thomas Hobbes: Philosophie Première, Théorie de la
science et politique (Paris: Presses Universitaires de France, 1990), pp. 81–90.
2 See Sarasohn [7.32], 370–1.
3 See Joy [7.13].
4 For more detail, see Clark [7.17], 353.
5 See Brundell [7.11], ch. 2.
6 See Brundell’s Introduction for more detail.
7 Quoted in Brett [7.10], 114n.
8 For a review of the textual evidence of Gassendi’s materialism which adds to the
details given here, see Bloch [7.9], ch. 12.
9 I am indebted in my discussion of Gassendi’s ethics and politics to Sarasohn [7.
34].
10 The originator of this interpretation is J.W.N.Watkins. See Watkins [7.61], 47–81.
11 See Sorell [7.50], ch. 2.
12 See Richard Tuck, ‘Sceptics and Optics’, in E.Leites (ed.) Conscience and
Casuistry in Early Modern Europe (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press,
1988), pp. 235–63; ‘Hobbes and Descartes’, in G.A.J.Rogers and A.Ryan (eds)
Perspectives on Thomas Hobbes (Oxford, Clarendon, 1988), pp. 11–42; Tuck [7.53].
13 See my ‘Hobbes without Doubt’, forthcoming in M.Bell and N.Martin (eds)
Scepticism and Modern Philosophy.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
GASSENDI
Original language editions
7.1 Opera Omnia, Lyon, Anisson/Devenet, 6 vols, 1658; reprinted Olms, Hildesheim,
1964.
7.2 Animadversiones in Decimum Librum Diogenis Laertii, Lyon, Barbier, 1649.
Translations and abridgements
7.3 Bernier, F. Abrégé de la philosophie de Gassendi, Lyon, 8 vols, 1678.