Ideas for a Philosophy of Nature as Introduction to the Study of This Science 1797, Second Edition 1803

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Introduction Robert Stern Translators' note Glossary 1. Of the combustion of bodies 2. Of light 3. Of the air and the kinds of air 4. Of electricity 5. Of the magnet 6. General considerations, as results of the foregoing 7. On attraction and repulsion in general, as principles of a system of nature 8. On the fictitious use of these two principles 9. Some remarks on the mechanical physics of M. Le Sage 10. First origin of the concept of matter, from the nature of perception and the human mind 11. Basic principles of dynamics 12. Of contingent determinations of matter - gradual transition into the domain of mere experience 13. Philosophy of chemistry in general 14. Application of these principles to particular topics of chemistry 15. Projected outline of the first principles of chemistry Concluding note and transition to the following part Appendix Index of names Index of subjects.

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