Mersenne, Marin

Japanese: メルセンヌ（英語表記）Mersenne， Marin

Born: September 8, 1588, Oase
Died September 1, 1648. Paris. French philosopher and mathematician. He studied at the Royal Academy of Laflèche (1604-09) and in Paris, and entered the Minimo Society in 1611. After teaching philosophy at a monastery in Nevers, he settled in Paris in 1620. He had connections with many scholars, and his monastery was called the Mersenne Academy. His friend at the academy, Descartes, also frequented the academy, and the refutation and reply to Descartes's Meditations were made possible through his mediation. In 1625, he wrote his magnum opus La vérité dans les sciences (The Truth of the Sciences) as a dialogue that summarized his previous refutations of skepticism. He then turned to scientific research, but did not believe that science could attain absolute truth. His interests were as wide as encyclopedias, but his most famous scientific work is his music theory Harmonie universelle (36-37). His extensive collection of letters is also a valuable historical document that conveys the state of academia at the time.

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Japanese:

[生]1588.9.8. オアゼ
[没]1648.9.1. パリ
フランスの哲学者，数学者。ラフレーシュの王立学院 (1604～09) ，パリで学び，1611年ミニモ会に入った。ヌベールの修道院で哲学を教えたあと，20年パリに定住。多くの学者と交際し，彼の修道院はメルセンヌ・アカデミーと呼ばれた。学院での友デカルトも出入りし，その『省察』の駁論と答弁は彼の仲介によって成立した。 25年の大著『諸学の真理』 La vérité dans les sciencesはそれまでの懐疑論反駁を集大成した対話篇。以後科学的研究に向ったが，科学が絶対的真理を獲得しうるとは考えなかった。彼の関心は百科全書的に多岐にわたるが，科学的著作では音楽論『宇宙の調和』 Harmonie universelle (36～37) が有名。その膨大な書簡集は当時の学界の状況を伝える史料としても貴重。

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