Physical theory that supposes all matter to be composed of minute particles
Corpuscularianism, also known as corpuscularism (from Latin corpusculum 'little body', and -ism), is a set of theories that explain natural transformations as a result of the interaction of particles (minima naturalia, partes exiles, partes parvae, particulae, and semina).[1] It differs from atomism in that corpuscles are usually endowed with a property of their own and are further divisible, while atoms are neither. Although often associated with the emergence of early modern mechanical philosophy, and especially with the names of Thomas Hobbes,[2] René Descartes,[3][4] Pierre Gassendi,[5] Robert Boyle,[5][6] Isaac Newton,[7] and John Locke,[5][8][9] corpuscularian theories can be found throughout the history of Western philosophy.
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^Stephen Gaukroger, Descartes: An Intellectual Biography, Clarendon Press, 1995, p. 228.
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