Descartes's ballet: his doctrine of the will and his political philosophy

RA Watson - 2007 - philpapers.org
RA Watson
2007philpapers.org
Transcript and English translation of La naissance de la paix--Analysis of La naissance de la
paix--Did Descartes write La naissance de la paix?--Descartes's doctrine of the will--The
power of the will--Controlling bodily desires--Willing the good--The sources of willing--Did
Descartes read Corneille?--Descartes's political philosophy--Evidence and methods of
construction--The sovereign state--Descartes's life and politics--Discours de la methode--
Constitution of a Swedish Academy--Arts and sciences--Les passions de l'âme.
Abstract
Transcript and English translation of La naissance de la paix--Analysis of La naissance de la paix--Did Descartes write La naissance de la paix?--Descartes's doctrine of the will--The power of the will--Controlling bodily desires--Willing the good--The sources of willing--Did Descartes read Corneille?--Descartes's political philosophy--Evidence and methods of construction--The sovereign state--Descartes's life and politics--Discours de la methode--Constitution of a Swedish Academy--Arts and sciences--Les passions de l'âme.
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