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Mcgill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas Ser.: Descartes and the Enlightenment by Peter A. Schouls (1989, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherMcGill-Queen's University Press
ISBN-100773510141
ISBN-139780773510142
eBay Product ID (ePID)696112
Product Key Features
Number of Pages216 Pages
Publication NameDescartes and the Enlightenment
LanguageEnglish
SubjectIndividual Philosophers, General, Movements / Rationalism
Publication Year1989
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaPhilosophy
AuthorPeter A. Schouls
SeriesMcgill-Queen's Studies in the History of Ideas Ser.
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.6 in
Item Weight23.5 Oz
Item Length9.8 in
Item Width5.9 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceCollege Audience
LCCN90-104442
Reviews"elegantly conceived and executed and puts forward an interesting, novel, and well substantiated thesis...will be found valuable by philosophers and historians of thought of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and of course, by Cartesian scholars." Peter Jones, Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Edinburgh "a genuine contribution to the field. Throughout, the author is careful, balanced, and interesting." Mark Glouberman, Department of Philosophy, University of British Columbia
Dewey Edition19
Series Volume Number13
Dewey Decimal194
SynopsisSchouls 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., Peter Schouls examines the role played by the concepts of freedom, mastery, and progress in Descartes' writings, arguing that these ideas express a vital and fundamental feature of Descartes' thought. These theories also occupy a central position in the thought of the Enlightenment. Since the more contentious claim is that they function centrally in Descartes' works, Schouls presents a careful and detailed examination of the conjunction and use of these ideas in Descartes' writings. This examination warrants the conclusion that they play the same role in Descartes' works as they do in writings typical of the Enlightenment.
LC Classification NumberB1875
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