Project Gutenberg 2018-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 157 Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of 1674 Cavendish, Margaret, Duchess of Newcastle Lucas, Margaret Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts The Second Edition, much altered from the First, which went under the Name of Philosophical and Physical Opinions Produced by Marc D'Hooghe at Free Literature "Grounds of Natural Philosophy: Divided into Thirteen Parts" by Newcastle is a foundational work in natural philosophy written in the late 17th century. The text explores the nature of matter, motion, perception, and life, presenting the author’s contemplations and arguments about the physical world based on the self-moving parts of nature. It delves into various philosophical inquiries surrounding the essence of existence and the interplay between different forms of matter and motion. The opening of the text begins with an appeal to European universities, where the author, Margaret Newcastle, expresses her desire for critical examination of her ideas despite her self-professed lack of formal training. She acknowledges the imperfections in the first edition of her work and hints at the corrections made in this second edition. The initial chapters introduce fundamental concepts such as matter’s definitions, the relationship between motion and matter, and the necessity of a unified understanding of nature’s properties, laying the groundwork for her more complex explorations into perception, life, and the characteristics of various beings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 48.0 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Physics -- Early works to 1800 QC Text Category: History - Early Modern (c. 1450-1750) Category: Philosophy & Ethics 445340 2025-06-23T09:48:02.564320 text/html 453938 2018-12-03T12:38:12 text/html 210501 2025-06-23T09:48:08.763327 application/epub+zip 209942 2025-06-23T09:48:03.451377 application/epub+zip 209941 2025-06-23T09:48:02.986377 application/epub+zip 366421 2025-06-23T09:48:12.786353 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330850 2025-06-23T09:48:08.282360 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330904 2022-09-26T13:22:58.091978 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 390564 2025-06-23T09:48:01.773437 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 390934 2018-12-03T12:38:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18370 2025-06-23T09:48:12.945380 application/rdf+xml 19920 2025-06-23T09:48:03.086318 image/jpeg 3234 2025-06-23T09:48:03.036329 image/jpeg 188926 2018-12-03T12:38:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 120405 2018-12-03T12:38:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 188149 2025-06-23T09:48:02.602324 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia