Descartes in context : essays /
This volume presents essays on Descartes by pre-eminent Italian historian of philosophy Emanuela Scribano. Originally written and published in French and Italian, these essays are translated into English for the first time. The essays focus on some pivotal theses in Cartesian philosophy: proofs of G...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Some essays originally published in Italian or French, now translated into English. |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2023]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This volume presents essays on Descartes by pre-eminent Italian historian of philosophy Emanuela Scribano. Originally written and published in French and Italian, these essays are translated into English for the first time. The essays focus on some pivotal theses in Cartesian philosophy: proofs of God's existence, free creation of eternal truths, error, animals as machines, occasionalism, examining them in light of the philosophical context and of classical writers such as Galen, scholastic authors such as Thomas Aquinas, Duns Scotus, Suárez, authors contemporary to Descartes, such as Campanel. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 260 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780197649589 0197649580 0197649564 9780197649572 0197649572 9780197649565 |