Stephen Menn

Descartes and Augustine

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ISBN 13:: 9780521012843
author:: Stephen Menn
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Cambridge University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2002
Pages:: 432
Dimensions:: 5.98 (w) x 8.98 (h) x 0.91 (d)
Genre:: Patristic Theology, Metaphysics, Descartes & 17th Century French Philosophy
Condition:: New
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This comprehensive study re-evaluates Descartes' philosophy and its connection to Augustine's thought. Stephen Menn provides a detailed analysis of the Meditations, demonstrating how Descartes used Augustine's method for establishing knowledge of God and the soul as a foundation for his system.

The book offers a complete reading of the Meditations, accompanied by a historical and philosophical introduction to Augustine's metaphysics and Plotinian neo-Platonism. Menn also discusses the contemporary context of Descartes' earlier and later philosophical projects, shedding new light on the key to the Meditations.

By exploring the relationship between Descartes and Augustine, this book will be of interest to historians of medieval, neo-Platonic, and early modern philosophy. It provides a nuanced understanding of Descartes' thought and its place within the broader philosophical landscape of his time.

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