Sacrifice and Self-Interest in Seventeenth-Century France : Quietism, Jansenism, and Cartesianism.
- 1st ed.
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- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series ; v.304 .
- Brill's Studies in Intellectual History Series .
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.
The debate in 17th-century France between the Quietists and their opponents raised the question whether we should be willing to sacrifice the salvation of our own souls for love of another. Descartes's views on freewill were cited by both sides.