Descartes and Augustine

ISBN-13: 9780521012843 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 434 str.

Stephen Menn

Opis

This book is the first systematic study of Descartes' relationship 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. Special features include a reading of the Meditations, a comprehensive historical and philosophical introduction to Augustine's thought, a detailed account of Plotinus, and a contextualization of Descartes' mature philosophical project.

Recenzje

'… a fresh and excitingly bold reading of Descartes … Stephen Menn's wonderful book makes Augustine's Fourth Century much less remote from Descartes's seventeenth century than we had thought it was.' Philosophy in Review

Spis treści

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.