Cartesian theodicy
Descartes' quest for certitude
by Zbigniew Janowski
"Almost all interpreters of Cartesian philosophy have hitherto focused on the epistemological aspect of Descartes' thought. In his Cartesian Theodicy, Janowski demonstrates that Descartes' epistemological problems are merely rearticulations of theological questions.
For example, Descartes' attempt to define the role of God in man's cognitive fallibility is a reiteration of an old argument that points out the incongruity between the existence of God and evil, and his pivotal question "whence error?" is shown here to be a rephrasing of the question "whence evil?" The answer Descartes gives in the Meditations is actually a reformulation of the answer found in St. Augustine's De Libero Arbitrio and the Confessions.
Both in his Cartesian Theodicy as well as his Index Augustine-Cartesien, Textes et Commentaire Janowski shows that the entire Cartesian metaphysics can - and should - be read within the context of Augustinian thought."--BOOK JACKET.
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Certainty, History of doctrines, TheodicyPeople
René Descartes (1596-1650)Times
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Cartesian theodicy: Descartes' quest for certitude
2000, Kluwer Academic
in English
079236127X 9780792361275
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [163]-177) and index.
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