Abstract
Part I. Theology and the Philosophy of Nature: 1. Divine power and divine will in the Middle Ages: historical and conceptual background 2. Baptizing epicurean philosophy: Gassendi on divine will and the philosophy of nature 3. Providence and human freedom in Christian epicureanism: Gassendi on fate, fortune and divination 4. Theology, metaphysics, and epistemology: Gassendi's 'Science of Appearances' 5. Eternal truths and the laws of nature Part II. The Theological Foundations of Descartes' Philosophy of Nature: 6. Gassendi and Descartes in conflict 7. Introduction: theories of matter and their epistemological connections 8. Gassendi's atomism, an 'empirical' theory of matter 9. Mathematizing nature: Descartes' geometrical theory of matter 10. Conclusion: theology transformed and the emergence of styles of science.
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