Commonplace book of philosophical texts, undated | Rare Book & Manuscript Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Title: Commonplace book of philosophical texts, undated

ID: 01/02/02/POST-1650 MS 0040

Primary Creator: Heereboord, Adrianus (1614-1661)

Extent: 1.0 Volume

Subjects: Cartography, Philosophy

Languages: English, Latin

This commonplace book contains excerpts of works notable to the fields of philosophy and world history, in both Latin and English. The bulk of the text comes from Adrianus Heereboord's Philosophia Naturalis (1663), which is accompanied by notes in Latin on ethics and metaphysics. The volume also includes an essay on mapmaking, as well as a chronology of world history based largely on the Bible, both in English.

Inscriptions indicate that the book may have belonged to William Palmer.

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Adriaan Heereboord (1614-1661), also known as Adrianus, was a Dutch philosopher and physicist. Heereboord studied philosophy at the University of Leiden under Franco Burgersdijk (1590-1635), and was later appointed as a professor for the teaching of logic. In 1642, Heereboord was appoint subregent (deputy dean) of the Statencollege in Hoorn, North Holland, where he taught philosophy and, in 1644, ethics.

A supporter of Cartesian philosophy, Heereboord was also influenced by Petrus Ramus (1515-1572) and Francis Bacon (1561-1626). Philosophia Naturalis (1663) was derived from Heereboord's lectures, and was published after his death.

Sources

Bunge, Wiep van, H. A. Krop, Bart Leeuwenburgh, J. A. van Ruler, Paul Schuurman, and M. R. Wielema, eds. The Dictionary of Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Dutch Philosophers, vol 1. Bristol: Thoemmes, 2003.

Cartography
Philosophy

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Related Materials: The Rare Book & Manuscript Library owns copies of several works by Adrianus Heereboord, including Philosophia Naturalis.

Finding Aid Revision History: Revised by Meg Hixon (November 2016) and Dana Miller (December 2023).

Other Note: Former shelfmark: 77 666

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