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Alchemy in the Works of Pierre Le Lorrain, abbé de Vallemont - Paul Ferguson - 12-08-2025
Occult Botany: Cartesianism, Mechanical Philosophy, and Alchemical Theory in the Works of Pierre Le Lorrain, abbé de Vallemont
December 2025
Nuncius / Istituto e museo di storia della scienza
DOI:10.1163/18253911-bja10188
Authors:
Justin Niermeier-Dohoney
"In 1705, Catholic cleric Pierre Le Lorrain, abbé de Vallemont, published Curiositez de la nature et l’art de Vegetation , which described experimental methods for enhancing botanical growth. As a Cartesian, Vallemont had developed theories about the natural processes of plants through a mechanical, corpuscular natural philosophy. Yet, Vallemont had also hoped to reconcile these observations about plants with what he described as “occult physics” in these materialist terms."
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/398316208_Occult_Botany_Cartesianism_Mechanical_Philosophy_and_Alchemical_Theory_in_the_Works_of_Pierre_Le_Lorrain_abbe_de_Vallemont