Descartes and the first Cartesians / Roger Ariew.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ariew, Roger, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Descartes, René, 1596-1650--Influence.

Philosophy, Modern--17th century.

Philosophy, Modern.

Scholasticism--History--17th century.

Scholasticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 236 pages)

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Roger Ariew presents a new account of Descartes as a philosopher who sought to engage his contemporaries and society. He argues that the Principles of Philosophy was written to rival Scholastic textbooks, and considers Descartes' enterprise in contrast to the tradition it was designed to replace and in relation to the works of the first Cartesians.

Contents:

Descartes and the teaching of philosophy in seventeenth-century France

Summa Philosophiae Quadripartita or the construction of the late scholastic textbook

The tree of philosophy : Descartes on logic, metaphysics, physics, and ethics

Système Général de la Philosophie or the construction of the Cartesian textbook

A brief conclusion.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-103604-8

0-19-179120-2

OCLC:

967257151