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Elementos De La Filosofia De Newton

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Voltaire

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293

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Se expone el problema de la naturaleza de la luz como es tratado en el libro Elements de la Philosphie de Newton de Voltaire y su controversia con la física cartesiana. La propuesta corpuscular para la naturaleza de la luz de Newton, defendida por Voltaire, se enfrentó a la bien aceptada física de Descartes y de sus seguidores, quienes proponían que la luz se comporta como un fluido compuesto por minúsculos torbellinos. Es en este contexto en el cual se encuentra el debate sobre la naturaleza de la luz presentado en el libro de Voltaire y aquí discutido. Es importante señalar que este debate sería histórica y científicamente opacado por la discusión sobre la naturaleza ondulatoria o corpuscular de la luz de Huygens y Newton. Mientras que esta última discusión fue un tanto más objetiva pues estuvo basada en evidencia sólida, la primera fue una discusión con un alto contenido especulativo en donde frecuentemente argumentos físicos, metafísicos y teológicos eran igualmente considerados. Como en seguida se muestra, a pesar de que Newton propuso una teoría de la luz “incorrecta” contó para su defensa con el extraordinario enciclopedismo y sagacidad de Voltaire.

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Voltaire

François-Marie Arouet (21 November 1694 – 30 May 1778) was a French Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his nom de plume Voltaire, he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—especially the Roman Catholic Church—and of slavery. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state.

Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and scientific expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets.Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics witheringly satirized intolerance, religious dogma, and the French institutions of his day. His best-known work and magnum opus, Candide, is a novella which comments on, criticizes, and ridicules many events, thinkers, and philosophies of his time.

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