Descartes and the First Cartesians

Oxford, England: Oxford University Press (2014)
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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

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B1875.A64 2014

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9780199563517   0199563519   9780191791208
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Descartes and the Teaching of Philosophy in Seventeenth-Century France

The chapter discusses the institutional setting of early modern French education and the dominant players at the time, the secular colleges of the University of Paris and the colleges of the three principal teaching religious groups: the Jesuits, Oratorians, and Doctrinaires. It tries to p... see more

Summa Philosophiae Quadripartita or the Construction of the Late Scholastic Textbook

Descartes initially conceived the Principles of Philosophy as a comparison of his philosophy and that of the scholastics, intending the work to be a synopsis of his philosophy arranged in the same order as in the school curriculum, together with a summary of school philosophy; and he chose... see more

The Tree of Philosophy

For Descartes a person “should above all try to form for himself a code of morals sufficient to regulate the actions of his life.” After that, he should also study logic and practice for a long time with some easy and simple questions, such as mathematical ones. This is all a prelude to ap... see more

Système Général de la Philosophie or the Construction of the Cartesian Textbook

The title of Pierre-Sylvain Régis’ multi-volume work, Cours entier de philosophie; ou, Systeme general selon les principes de M. Descartes, contenant la logique, la metaphysique, la physique, et la morale, tells us of its ambitions. The work is intended to be systematic and complete, that ... see more

A Brief Conclusion

The Cartesians ultimately were able to replace the Aristotelians in the Schools. This concluding chapter asks how they accomplished this. It answers that the Cartesians supplanted the Aristotelians by producing Cartesian textbooks that can be used teach the whole collegiate curriculum, log... see more

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