For 10 points, name this French thinker whose Syntagma Philosophicum expounds upon his Epicureanism.
His early life was marred by his patron Nicholas-Claude Peiresc, who had him write works that attempted to prove that Robert Fludd was a good alchemist. His most influential work was abridged and popularized by Francois Bernier, and that work contains a section called "Logic" that makes the bold claim "the taste of honey" is the "taste of honey" to distinguish between truths of existence and truths of fact." The most notable section of that work, called "Physics" validates Lucretius's theory of atoms and substances and rejects Aristotle's conception of the soul by putting forth a distinction between anima and animus a "rational soul" and an "incorporeal soul." This author also validated the "Sacred Faith" by proving the incorporeal soul's immortality. Alongside fellow Frenchman Artauld, he published a set of Objections in response to Descartes' Meditations. For 10 points, name this French thinker whose Syntagma Philosophicum expounds upon his Epicureanism.
His early life was marred by his patron Nicholas-Claude Peiresc, who had him write works that attempted to prove that Robert Fludd was a good alchemist.
Pierre Gassendi