Sacrifice and self-interest in seventeenth-century France : quietism, Jansenism, and Cartesianism
Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- Apparatus -- Chapter 1 Pure Love -- 1 Sacrifice -- 2 The Theological Idiom -- 3 Freedom and Volition -- 4 A Tawdry Affair -- 5 Contemporary Connections -- Chapter 2 The Impossible Supposition -- 1 Is Pure Love Possible? -- 2 The Abandonment of Hope -- 3 Novelty: Hist...
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| Format: | E-Book |
| Sprache: | English |
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Leiden Boston : Brill,
[2019]
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| Mit dem übergeordneten Werk verknüpfte Titel: | Brill's studies in intellectual history
304 Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Ser. |
| Schlagworte: | Self-interest Quietism Jansenists Sacrifice Descartes, René,-1596-1650.. Sacrifice.. Electronic books Frankreich Cartesianismus Quietismus mehr... |
| Umfang: | 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm) |
| Zusammenfassung: | Intro -- Contents -- Prologue -- Apparatus -- Chapter 1 Pure Love -- 1 Sacrifice -- 2 The Theological Idiom -- 3 Freedom and Volition -- 4 A Tawdry Affair -- 5 Contemporary Connections -- Chapter 2 The Impossible Supposition -- 1 Is Pure Love Possible? -- 2 The Abandonment of Hope -- 3 Novelty: Historical and Theological Contexts for the Impossible Supposition -- 4 Secular Versions of the Impossible Supposition -- 5 The Possibility of Virtue -- Chapter 3 Quietism -- 1 François de Sales (1567-1622) -- 2 Bossuet on François -- 3 Bossuet and Mme Guyon -- 4 Attrition and Contrition: Sirmond vs. Camus -- Chapter 4 Spontaneity and Indifference -- 1 Two Senses of Freedom -- 2 Spontaneity -- 3 Indifference -- Chapter 5 The Augustinus -- 1 The First Attack on Molinist Indifference -- 2 The Importance of the Augustinus -- 3 The Text of the Augustinus -- 4 Objections and Replies -- 5 Hope -- Chapter 6 Cartesian Wills -- 1 Descartes's View: Circumstantial Evidence -- 2 Descartes's View: Textual Evidence -- Chapter 7 The Object of Love -- 1 Amour propre and amour de soi -- 2 Malebranche on the Will -- 3 Malebranche and Lamy -- 4 The Quietist Critique of Malebranche -- Chapter 8 Bossuet's Jansenism -- 1 Du Vaucel's Reports from Rome -- 2 The Text: Bossuet's Treatise on Free Will -- 3 Nicole's Refutation of the Quietists -- 4 The Episode of an ecclesiastical problem -- 5 Quesnel's Contribution -- Chapter 9 The Dénouement -- 1 Descartes -- 2 Jansenius -- 3 Fénelon -- Chapter 10 The Last Temptation -- Chronology -- Appendix 1 "The Famous Five" Cum occasione, 31 May 1653 -- Appendix 2 Cum alias, 12 March 1699 -- Bibliography of Works Cited -- Index. |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Beschreibung: | 1 Online-Ressource (pages cm) |
| ISBN: | 9789004404496 900440449X 9789004400962 9004400966 |