{"product_id":"9781402002571","title":"Cartesian Theodicy: Descartes’ Quest for Certitude","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCartesian Theodicy: Descartes’ Quest for Certitude\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eJanowski, Z.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlmost all interpreters of Cartesian philosophy have hitherto  focused on the epistemological aspect of Descartes' thought. In his  \u003cem\u003eCartesian Theodicy\u003c\/em\u003e, 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 \u003cem\u003eMeditations\u003c\/em\u003e is actually a reformulation of the answer  found in St. Augustine's \u003cem\u003eDe Libero Arbitrio\u003c\/em\u003e and the  \u003cem\u003eConfessions\u003c\/em\u003e. The influence of St. Augustine on Descartes can  also be detected in the doctrine of eternal truths which, within the  context of the 17th-century debates over the question of the nature of  divine freedom, caused Descartes to ally himself with the Augustinian  Oratorians against the Jesuits. Both in his \u003cem\u003eCartesian Theodicy\u003c\/em\u003e  as well as his \u003cem\u003eIndex Augustino-Cartesian, Textes et\u003c\/em\u003e  \u003cem\u003eCommentaire\u003c\/em\u003e Janowski shows that the entire Cartesian metaphysics  can - and should - be read within the context of  Augustinian thought.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2001-11-30\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9781402002571\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-010-9144-2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 192.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer Netherlands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44358986367116,"sku":"9781402002571","price":98.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9781402002571_e0f15e4a-9dd8-45cc-b1e3-287e91e06c3a.jpg?v=1765470674","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781402002571","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}