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cor·pus·cu·lar·i·an
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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Corpuscular, Corpuscularianadjective
Relating to bodies; comprising bodies. It is the distinguishing epithet of that philosophy which attempts the rational solution of all physical appearances by the action of one body upon another.
Etymology: from corpusculum, Lat.
As to natural philosophy I do not expect to see any principles proposed, more comprehensive and intelligible than the corpuscularian or mechanical. Boyle.
This may be said, that the modern corpuscularians talk, in most things, more intelligibly than the peripateticks. Richard Bentley.
The mechanical or corpuscular philosophy, though peradventure the eldest, as well as the best in the world, had lain dead for many ages in contempt and oblivion. Richard Bentley, Serm.
Wikipedia
corpuscularian
Corpuscularianism (from the Latin corpusculum meaning "little body") is a set of theories that explain natural transformations as a result of the interaction of particles (minima naturalia, partes exiles, partes parvae, particulae, and semina). It differs from atomism in that corpuscles are usually endowed with a property of their own and are further divisible, while atoms are neither. Although often associated with the emergence of early modern mechanical philosophy, and especially with the names of Thomas Hobbes, René Descartes, Pierre Gassendi, Robert Boyle, Isaac Newton, and John Locke, corpuscularian theories can be found throughout the history of Western philosophy.
Webster Dictionary
Corpuscularianadjective
corpuscular
Corpusculariannoun
an adherent of the corpuscular philosophy
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of corpuscularian in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of corpuscularian in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9
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