Part V
Summary of the suppressed Le Monde; mechanistic cosmology and explanation of the formation of the world from laws of nature.
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From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
Descartes summarizes his suppressed treatise The World, including a mechanistic account of the universe and a physiological account of the heart.
Part V
Detailed mechanical account of the heart's motion and circulation of blood, engaging with and modifying Harvey's discovery.
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