Radical Cartesianism : the French reception of Descartes

Schmaltz, Tad M. 1960- (Author).

Summary: This is the first book-length study of two of Descartes's most innovative successors, Desgabets and Regis, and of their highly original contributions to Cartesianism. The book establishes the important though neglected role played by Desgabets and Regis in the theologically and politically charged reception of Descartes in early-modern France.

Record details

ISBN: 0511498314
ISBN: 9780511498312
ISBN: 9780511020469
ISBN: 0511020465
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xiv, 288 pages)
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Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2002.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-279) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	Introduction: radical Cartesianism in context -- Robert Desgabets. Desgabets's Considérations, Arnauld, and Cartesianism -- Three radical doctrines. The creation doctrine: indefectible material substance and God ; The intentionality doctrine: ideas and extra-mental objects ; The union doctrine: temporal human thought and motion -- Pierre-Sylvain Regis. Huet's Censura, Malebranche, and platonism -- Conclusion: 'a forgotten branch of Cartesianism'.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.