…For him, a modernist who embraced the idea of progress, science was proof of the superiority of modern people. Furthermore, in “Conversations on the Plurality of the World” (1686), he tried to popularize modern science by explaining the movement of celestial bodies using Descartes' vortex theory, and further proposed the hypothesis that living things exist on other celestial bodies in opposition to the Christian idea of a geocentric world. He also wrote “Histoire des oracles” (1687), in which he analyzed and criticized Christian theology and miracles, proving that oracles were a lie created by priests. … *Some of the terminology that refers to "Entretien sur la pluralité du world" is listed below. Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information |
…近代派で進歩の思想を奉じる彼にとっては,科学こそ近代人の優位を立証するものであった。さらに《世界の複数性に関する会話Entretien sur la pluralité du monde》(1686)において,彼はデカルトの渦動説を援用して天体の運動を説明するなど近代科学の普及につとめ,さらにキリスト教の地球中心型の考えに対抗して,他の天体に生物が存在するという仮説を提唱している。また《神託の歴史Histoire des oracles》(1687)を書いてキリスト教の神学と奇跡を分析・批判し,神託なるものが司祭たちの偽瞞であることを証明した。… ※「《Entretien sur la pluralité du monde》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。 出典|株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典 第2版について | 情報 |
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