J. Perrin. Treatise on Physical Chemistry.
Principles. Paris, 1903

Written December, 1914 · page 325 · First published 1930, in Lenin Miscellany XII. Published according to the manuscript · Translated by Clemence Dutt

Note on J. Perrin’s book “Traité de chimie physique: les principes” (Treatise on Physical Chemistry: Principles), Paris, 1903 is contained in a notebook following the conspectus of Hegel’s Science of Logic and was written at the end of 1914.

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J. PERRIN.
TREATISE ON PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY.
PRINCIPLES

PARIS, 1903

Note J. Perrin: Traité de chimie physique. Les principes (300 pp.). Paris, 1 9 0 3. Review by Abel Rey in Revue Philosophique, 1904,1, entitled: “Philosophical Principles of Physical Chemistry.” (Perrin analyses the notions of force, etc., cause, etc., energy, etc.—against “the view of energy as a mysterious entity” (p. 401).... Abel Rey calls Perrin an opponent of “neo-sceptic systems.”)