Chapter Knowledge in Motion: The Circulation of Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732) between Switzerland and Germany
This paper explores the circulation of philosophical ideas in the early modern period by examining the elaboration and reception of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732), widely regarded as the first Newtonian treatise ever published in France. Dr...
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| description | This paper explores the circulation of philosophical ideas in the early modern period by examining the elaboration and reception of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732), widely regarded as the first Newtonian treatise ever published in France. Drawing on insights from cultural history, I argue that the circulation of knowledge was not only an intellectual process, but also involved practical and material factors. In particular, I emphasise the role of personal networks, such as that of Johann Bernoulli, in facilitating the dissemination of scientific and philosophical books across Europe. The paper also highlights the importance of reviews as a medium for engaging with new knowledge, influencing debates, and extending intellectual controversies beyond national borders. The example of Christian Wolff’s review of the Discours published in the Nova Acta Eruditorum in 1733 is used to illustrate the potential of reviews to “territorialise” – in Wolff’s case, “Germanise” – a foreign natural-philosophical debate. |
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| spelling | doab-20.500.12854ir-1633982025-08-02T05:06:23Z Chapter Knowledge in Motion: The Circulation of Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732) between Switzerland and Germany Storni, Marco circulation of knowledge Newtonianism Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis Johann Bernoulli Christian Wolff philosophical reviews. This paper explores the circulation of philosophical ideas in the early modern period by examining the elaboration and reception of Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732), widely regarded as the first Newtonian treatise ever published in France. Drawing on insights from cultural history, I argue that the circulation of knowledge was not only an intellectual process, but also involved practical and material factors. In particular, I emphasise the role of personal networks, such as that of Johann Bernoulli, in facilitating the dissemination of scientific and philosophical books across Europe. The paper also highlights the importance of reviews as a medium for engaging with new knowledge, influencing debates, and extending intellectual controversies beyond national borders. The example of Christian Wolff’s review of the Discours published in the Nova Acta Eruditorum in 1733 is used to illustrate the potential of reviews to “territorialise” – in Wolff’s case, “Germanise” – a foreign natural-philosophical debate. 2025-08-02T05:06:22Z 2025-08-02T05:06:22Z 2025-08-01T15:52:43Z 2025 chapter ONIX_20250801T173835_9791221505733_203 3035-5923 https://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/104753 9791221505733 https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/163398 eng Knowledge and its Histories open access image/jpeg Attribution 4.0 International https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/104753/1/43857.pdf Firenze University Press 10.36253/979-12-215-0573-3.04 10.36253/979-12-215-0573-3.04 2ec4474d-93b1-4cfa-b313-9c6019b51b1a 9791221505733 14 Florence open access |
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| title | Chapter Knowledge in Motion: The Circulation of Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732) between Switzerland and Germany |
| title_full | Chapter Knowledge in Motion: The Circulation of Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732) between Switzerland and Germany |
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| title_short | Chapter Knowledge in Motion: The Circulation of Maupertuis’s Discours sur les différentes figures des astres (1732) between Switzerland and Germany |
| title_sort | chapter knowledge in motion the circulation of maupertuis s discours sur les differentes figures des astres 1732 between switzerland and germany |
| topic | circulation of knowledge Newtonianism Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis Johann Bernoulli Christian Wolff philosophical reviews. |
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