Physics. Extracts from works by Descartes and Aristotle
Reference code
MSS/0325
Title
Physics. Extracts from works by Descartes and Aristotle
Date
c.1678
Level of description
item
Extent and format
Paper; ff. iv + 47. Vellum (made from a property deed). On the front cover 'A1'; on the back cover 'numbr: 12'.
Scope and content
Extracts from works by Descartes and Aristotle, c. 1678. Transcribed by Peter Le Neve, FSA (Norroy, 1704) when at Trinity College, Cambridge (cf. fols. iv, 25v). The extracts are arranged in two groups:- (1) 'De Rebus Physicis secundum Cartesium' (fol. iv verso), consisting of extracts fom the De Homine, with an index (fols. 1-14v), and the Principia Philosophiae of Descartes (fols. 15-25v);- (2) 'De Rebus Physicis secundum Aristotelem' (fol. 26v), consisting of extracts from the Physics of Aristotle, with an index (fols. 27-47v). Includes Cartesian views (e.g. fol. 31v, 'Cartesii sententia de motu & Tempore').
Creator
Neve, Peter Le (1661-1729), herald and antiquary
Previous reference number(s)
SAL/MS/325
Archival history
Ownership notes of Peter Le Neve, FSA ('Trin: Coll: Cant: 1678'), fol. iv. 'Lib: M:' 'R. Hitch', fol. iv; 'Lib. M' 'Ex Adriani Herebrood Physicis', fol. 26, followed by miscellaneous notes, e.g. 'Nihil fit ex nihilo'. Later owned by Alexander Bruce (signatures, fols. i, iv, iv verso). 'No. 1832', fol. iii.
Language
Latin