![]() The book was primarily intended to replace the Aristotelian curriculum then used in French and British universities. Newton borrowed this principle from Descartes and included it in his own Principia to this day, it is still generally referred to as Newton's First Law of Motion. Most notably, it set forth the principle that in the absence of external forces, an object's motion will be uniform and in a straight line. The book sets forth the principles of nature-the Laws of Physics-as Descartes viewed them. A French version ( Les Principes de la Philosophie) followed in 1647. It was written in Latin, published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia, with whom Descartes had a long-standing friendship. In essence, it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. Principles of Philosophy ( Latin: Principia Philosophiae) is a book by René Descartes. ![]() The illustration of movement of objects from the Principles ![]()
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