Today’s featured entry from the Vatican Observatory Faith and Science pages:
“Emilie Du Châtelet: Selected Philosophical and Scientific Writings” (CLICK HERE for it)
Gabrielle Émilie Le Tonnelier de Breteuil, Marquise Du Châtelet, wrote, among other things, a translation and commentary on Isaac Newton’s Principia and a physics textbook for her son. This collection of her philosophical and scientific writings includes translations of substantial portions of these works and others. It includes her logical arguments for the existence of God and for determining the basics of God’s nature. (CLICK HERE to continue.)
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