{"product_id":"cartesian-theodicy-descartes-quest-for-certitude-9781402002571","title":"Cartesian Theodicy: Descartes' Quest for Certitude","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Z. Janowski\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Springer\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\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","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45280865878167,"sku":"9781402002571","price":7345.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781402002571.webp?v=1769297541","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/cartesian-theodicy-descartes-quest-for-certitude-9781402002571","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}