On Descartes' Metaphysical Prism: The Constitution and the Limits of Onto-theo-logy in Cartesian ThoughtUniversity of Chicago Press, 1999 M05 15 - 370 pages Does Descartes belong to metaphysics? What do we mean when we say "metaphysics"? These questions form the point of departure for Jean-Luc Marion's groundbreaking study of Cartesian thought. Analyses of Descartes' notion of the ego and his idea of God show that if Descartes represents the fullest example of metaphysics, he no less transgresses its limits. Writing as philosopher and historian of philosophy, Marion uses Heidegger's concept of metaphysics to interpret the Cartesian corpus—an interpretation strangely omitted from Heidegger's own history of philosophy. This interpretation complicates and deepens the Heideggerian concept of metaphysics, a concept that has dominated twentieth-century philosophy. Examinations of Descartes' predecessors (Aristotle, Augustine, Aquinas, and Suarez) and his successors (Leibniz, Spinoza, and Hegel) clarify the meaning of the Cartesian revolution in philosophy. Expertly translated by Jeffrey Kosky, this work will appeal to historians of philosophy, students of religion, and anyone interested in the genealogy of contemporary thought and its contradictions. |
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... as the translation of Descartes ' writings by J. Cottingham , Robert Stoothof , and Dugald Murdoch for Cam- bridge University Press . but for very understandable reasons . I assume certain hermeneutic x PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
... as the translation of Descartes ' writings by J. Cottingham , Robert Stoothof , and Dugald Murdoch for Cam- bridge University Press . but for very understandable reasons . I assume certain hermeneutic x PREFACE TO THE AMERICAN EDITION.
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... reasons make it more or less impossible to escape . ( a ) First , a historical reason : when Descartes enters the scene , the philosophical tradition has already gained , at the end of a difficult jour- ney going back to the first ...
... reasons make it more or less impossible to escape . ( a ) First , a historical reason : when Descartes enters the scene , the philosophical tradition has already gained , at the end of a difficult jour- ney going back to the first ...
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... reason : metaphysics has already been identified with the principles of the pure understanding , and it is simply repeated by the critique ( the critical knowledge ) ( of the principles ) of knowledge . How are we to understand the fact ...
... reason : metaphysics has already been identified with the principles of the pure understanding , and it is simply repeated by the critique ( the critical knowledge ) ( of the principles ) of knowledge . How are we to understand the fact ...
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... reasons , it is incumbent upon us to ask if the thought of the Meditationes can still legitimately lay claim to the title of a Metaphysica after having refused the concept of metaphysics elabo- rated by its predecessors . The answer to ...
... reasons , it is incumbent upon us to ask if the thought of the Meditationes can still legitimately lay claim to the title of a Metaphysica after having refused the concept of metaphysics elabo- rated by its predecessors . The answer to ...
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... reasons can now be stated : today , we have recourse to the model of an onto - theo - logical constitution because ... reason . Today , we can join these two attempts , both of which aimed to conceive the onto - theo- logical figure of ...
... reasons can now be stated : today , we have recourse to the model of an onto - theo - logical constitution because ... reason . Today , we can join these two attempts , both of which aimed to conceive the onto - theo- logical figure of ...
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