Descartes and Augustine

Klappentext Stephen Menn demonstrates Descartes' use of the central ideas of Augustine. Zusammenfassung This book is a systematic study of Descartes' relation to Augustine. It offers a complete reevaluation of Descartes' thought and as such will be of major importance to all historians of medieval! neo-Platonic! or early modern philosophy. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1. Descartes and the history of philosophy; 2. Descartes' project for a new philosophy; Part I. Augustinian Wisdom: 3. Plotinus; 4. Augustine; Part II. Descartes' Metaphysics: 5. The design of the Meditations; 6. Isolating the soul and God; 7. Theodicy and Method; 8. From God to bodies; 9. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Stephen Menn, Stephen (Mcgill University Menn, Menn Stephen
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 28.01.2002
• EAN: 9780521012843
• ISBN: 978-0-521-01284-3
• No. of pages: 434
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: general, reference works; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, Philosophy of religion, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600, Medieval Western philosophy