This philosopher used two rivers labelled ABF and CDG meeting at point E, as well as a boat and ";lumps of white scum on the shore,"; to illustrate his theory of the motion of comets and planets through the heavens; that appears in a work which imagines a world based only on the classical elements of fire, air and earth.
This philosopher used two rivers labelled ABF and CDG meeting at point E, as well as a boat and ";lumps of white scum on the shore,"; to illustrate his theory of the motion of comets and planets through the heavens; that appears in a work which imagines a world based only on the classical elements of fire, air and earth. In another work, this philosopher wrote that the sight of an animal ";coming toward us"; reflects two images in our eyes, which are subsequently united. This philosopher's correspondence with Marin Mersenne discusses why he refused to send his book Treatise on the Light to him after hearing of Galileo's house arrest. Correspondence with Elisabeth, the daughter of Frederick the Winter King, led this philosopher to argue that the ";seat of the soul"; was the pineal gland. For 10 points, name this author of The Passions of the Soul, who also wrote Discourse on Method.
This philosopher used two rivers labelled ABF and CDG meeting at point E, as well as a boat and ";lumps of white scum on the shore,"; to illustrate his theory of the motion of comets and planets through the heavens; that appears in a work which imagines a world based only on the classical elements of fire, air and earth.
Rene Descartes