DOI: 10.4324/9780415249126-E090-1
Version: v1, Published online: 2002
Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/lomonosov-mikhail-vasilevich-1711-65/v-1
Version: v1, Published online: 2002
Retrieved May 04, 2024, from https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/lomonosov-mikhail-vasilevich-1711-65/v-1
Article Summary
Endowed with scientific and literary genius, Lomonosov was a product and proponent of Russia’s eighteenth-century Westernization. He was trained under Christian Wolff, the philosophic luminary of German pietism, and shared his encyclopedic interests, contributing to Russia’s linguistic, literary and technological advancement. In his scientific work, particularly physical chemistry, he came to question the Cartesian physics and cosmology of his mentors.
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Jones, Gareth. Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasil’evich (1711–65), 2002, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-E090-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/lomonosov-mikhail-vasilevich-1711-65/v-1.
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Jones, Gareth. Lomonosov, Mikhail Vasil’evich (1711–65), 2002, doi:10.4324/9780415249126-E090-1. Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Taylor and Francis, https://www.rep.routledge.com/articles/biographical/lomonosov-mikhail-vasilevich-1711-65/v-1.
Copyright © 1998-2024 Routledge.