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• catalog abstract "This book is the first systematic study of Descartes' relation to Augustine. It offers a complete re-evaluation of Descartes' philosophy, and of the philosophical ideas in Augustine that were Descartes' starting point. Descartes and Augustine will engage the attention of historians of medieval, neo-Platonic, and early modern philosophy. That Descartes was indebted to Augustine is not in itself a fresh discovery. What distinguishes Stephen Menn's book is his detailed demonstration that the key to the Meditations is Descartes' use of Augustine's method for establishing a knowledge of God and the soul independent of any theory of the physical world. This method gives Descartes an independent starting point for reconstructing the system of the sciences. Where the scholastics had tried to show that Augustine's metaphysics of God and the soul is compatible with an Aristotelian physics of matter and form, Descartes argues that they are not compatible, and that Augustinian metaphysics provides the foundation for an anti-Aristotelian mechanistic physics. Menn gives a detailed analysis of the Meditations, showing how the novel form of Descartes' argument arises from the challenge of presenting Augustine's metaphysics in a way that makes it suitable for its new foundational task. Descartes and Augustine includes a complete reading of the Meditations, a historical and philosophical introduction to Augustine's thought and to Plotinian neo-Platonism, and a discussion of the contemporary context of Descartes' earlier and later philosophical projects.".
• catalog contributor b10457579.
• catalog created "1998.".
• catalog date "1998".
• catalog date "1998.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "1998.".
• catalog description "1. Descartes and the history of philosophy. 2. Descartes' project for a new philosophy. A. The expectation of a new philosophy. B. Descartes: science and wisdom. C. Descartes: Augustine against Aristotle. D. Outline of research -- pt. 1. Augustinian Wisdom. 3. Plotinus. A. Augustine and the Platonists. B. Platonism, anti-Stoicism, and the method of ascent. C. Soul and Nous. D. Soul in bodies. 4. Augustine. A. True and false wisdom. B. The soul and God. C. Whence evil? D. Christianity and philosophy -- pt. 2. Descartes' Metaphysics. 5. The design of the Meditations. A. From the Rules to the Meditations. B. The uses of scepticism: withdrawing the mind from the senses.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 405-407) and index.".
• catalog description "This book is the first systematic study of Descartes' relation to Augustine. It offers a complete re-evaluation of Descartes' philosophy, and of the philosophical ideas in Augustine that were Descartes' starting point. Descartes and Augustine will engage the attention of historians of medieval, neo-Platonic, and early modern philosophy. That Descartes was indebted to Augustine is not in itself a fresh discovery. What distinguishes Stephen Menn's book is his detailed demonstration that the key to the Meditations is Descartes' use of Augustine's method for establishing a knowledge of God and the soul independent of any theory of the physical world. This method gives Descartes an independent starting point for reconstructing the system of the sciences. Where the scholastics had tried to show that Augustine's metaphysics of God and the soul is compatible with an Aristotelian physics of matter and form, Descartes argues that they are not compatible, and that Augustinian metaphysics provides the foundation for an anti-Aristotelian mechanistic physics. Menn gives a detailed analysis of the Meditations, showing how the novel form of Descartes' argument arises from the challenge of presenting Augustine's metaphysics in a way that makes it suitable for its new foundational task. Descartes and Augustine includes a complete reading of the Meditations, a historical and philosophical introduction to Augustine's thought and to Plotinian neo-Platonism, and a discussion of the contemporary context of Descartes' earlier and later philosophical projects.".
• catalog extent "xvi, 415 p. ;".
• catalog identifier "0521417023 (hard)".
• catalog issued "1998".
• catalog issued "1998.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog subject "194 21".
• catalog subject "Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo Influence.".
• catalog subject "B1875 .M38 1998".
• catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Meditationes de prima philosophia.".
• catalog subject "Descartes, René, 1596-1650.".
• catalog tableOfContents "1. Descartes and the history of philosophy. 2. Descartes' project for a new philosophy. A. The expectation of a new philosophy. B. Descartes: science and wisdom. C. Descartes: Augustine against Aristotle. D. Outline of research -- pt. 1. Augustinian Wisdom. 3. Plotinus. A. Augustine and the Platonists. B. Platonism, anti-Stoicism, and the method of ascent. C. Soul and Nous. D. Soul in bodies. 4. Augustine. A. True and false wisdom. B. The soul and God. C. Whence evil? D. Christianity and philosophy -- pt. 2. Descartes' Metaphysics. 5. The design of the Meditations. A. From the Rules to the Meditations. B. The uses of scepticism: withdrawing the mind from the senses.".
• catalog title "Descartes and Augustine / Stephen Menn.".
• catalog type "text".