Descartes and the Enlightenment / Peter A. Schouls.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Schouls, Peter A.

Series:

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 13.

McGill-Queen's studies in the history of ideas ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Descartes, René, 1596-1650.

Descartes, René.

Enlightenment.

Physical Description:

194 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Kingston [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1989.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Schouls limits himself to a discussion of these three concepts in order to escape facile and vague generalizations. For the same reason, in relating Descartes to eighteenth-century thinkers, Schouls limits his attention to a single part of the spectrum of acknowledged Enlightenment reflection, the French "philosopes." From their writings he demonstrates that they are, and acknowledge themselves to be, Descartes' progeny.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Escape from Bondage

Reason and Free Will

Descartes and the Enlightenment

Autonomy and Spontaneity

Freedom, Mastery, and Progress

Progress and Enlightenment

Self-Mastery

Mastery, Method, and Enlightenment

Bibliography

Index

McGill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-190) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85646-4

9786612856464

0-7735-6408-X

OCLC:

1394872768