David van Goorle[1] (also known under his Latinized name David Gorlaeus) (15 January 1591, Utrecht – 21 April 1612, Cornjum)[2] was a Dutch philosopher and theologian, and one of the first modern atomists.[3]
- ^ "Junior" is seldom added to his name. But there existed an older David van Goorle: F. M. Jaeger. "Goorle (David van), Senior". In Molhuysen, P.C.; Blok P.J. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, Leiden, 1911, col. 209.
- ^ Lüthy, Christoph. "David Gorlaeus atomism, or: The marriage of Protestant metaphysics with Italian natural philosophy". In Lüthy, Christoph Herbert; Murdoch, John Emery; Newman, William Royall (eds.) Late Medieval and Early Modern Corpuscular Matter Theories, pp. 245-290.
- ^ Ivor Leclerc mentions Van Goorle as one of the early atomists[This quote needs a citation] Archived 2013-02-21 at the Wayback Machine.