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Kantovskij Sbornik 2013
The machine and the body in the transcendental cosmology of Chr. Wolff and Chr. A. CrusiusKeywords: Chr. Wolff , Chr. A. Crusius , machine , world , physical body (K rper) , human body (Leib). Abstract: The 18th century philosophy actively used the notion of machine in its extended meaning, especially when describing both the world as a whole and its constituent bodies. Consequently, the initial meaning of that notion underwent peculiar changes: not only an artificial mechanism but also a natural organic body were defined as machines. A metaphysical comprehension of the notion of machine was developed predominantly in the framework of cosmology.
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