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New in paperback. Hardocver was published in 1998. This book is the first systematic study of Descartes' relation to Augustine.
Table of Contents
Preface ix (6)
References xv
INTRODUCTION
1 Descartes and the history of philosophy 3 (15)
2 Descartes' project for a new philosophy 18 (55)
A. The expectation of a new philosophy 18 (7)
B. Descartes: science and wisdom 25 (18)
C. Descartes: Augustine against Aristotle 43 (19)
D. Outline of research 62 (11)
PART ONE: AUGUSTINIAN WISDOM 73 (136)
3 Plotinus 73 (57)
A. Augustine and the Platonists 73 (9)
B. Platonism, anti-Stoicism, and the 82 (24)
method of ascent
B.1. What was Platonism? 82 (7)
B.2. From Stoicism to Platonism 89 (9)
B.3. Plotinus' strategy of ascent 98 (8)
C. Soul and Nous 106(14)
D. Soul in bodies 120(10)
4 Augustine 130(79)
A. True and false wisdom 130(14)
B. The soul and God 144(23)
C. Whence evil? 167(18)
D. Christianity and philosophy 185(24)
D.1. Faith and understanding 185(9)
D.2. The doctrinal content of 194(15)
Christianity
PART TWO: DESCARTES' METAPHYSICS 209(196)
5 The design of the Meditations 209(36)
A. From the Rules to the Meditations 209(11)
B. The uses of scepticism: withdrawing the 220(12)
mind from the senses
C. The uses of scepticism: why only God is 232(13)
the source of truth
6 Isolating the soul and God 245(56)
A. Isolating the rational soul 245(17)
B. Isolating God as Nous 262(31)
B.1. The goals of the third Meditation 262(8)
B.2. Judgments and the causes of ideas 270(5)
B.3. Objective reality and the isolation 275(6)
of the idea of God
B.4. The proof of God's existence 281(12)
C. From God as Nous to God as creator 293(8)
7 Theodicy and method 301(36)
A. The doctrine of judgment 301(21)
A.1. Interpreting the fourth Meditation 301(2)
A.2. Ignorance and error 303(4)
A.3. Judgment, will, and intellect 307(6)
A.4. Judgment, will, and nature 313(5)
A.5. Deliverance from error 318(4)
B. Consequences for reason and for faith 322(15)
8 From God to bodies 337(56)
A. The creation of the eternal truths 337(16)
B. The essence of body 353(13)
C. The teachings of nature 366(14)
D. The laws of motion 380(13)
9 Conclusion 393(12)
Works cited 405(4)
Index 409
