Jacques Rohault

Jacques Rohault (1618–1672) was a French philosopher, physicist and mathematician, and a follower of Cartesianism.^[1]

Rohault was born in Amiens, the son of a wealthy wine merchant, and educated in Paris. Having grown up with the conventional scholastic philosophy of his day, he adopted and popularised the new Cartesian philosophy. His A System of Natural Philosophy (Traite de physique, Paris, 1671) became a standard textbook in many parts of Europe.

References

^ Copleston, Frederick Charles (2003). A history of philosophy, Volume 4. Continuum International. p. 174. ISBN 9780826468987. http://books.google.com/books?id=ZtDGtgARkzMC&pg=PA174.

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Name	Rohault, Jacques
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Date of birth	1618
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Date of death	1672
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