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050 4 _aB1875 .L466 2019
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100 1 _aLennon, Thomas M.
245 1 0 _aSacrifice and Self-Interest in Seventeenth-Century France :
_bQuietism, Jansenism, and Cartesianism.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aBoston :
_bBRILL,
_c2019.
264 4 _c©2019.
300 _a1 online resource (318 pages)
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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490 1 _aBrill's Studies in Intellectual History Series ;
_vv.304
505 0 _aIntro -- 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.
520 _aThe 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.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aDescartes, René,-1596-1650.
650 0 _aSacrifice.
650 0 _aSelf-interest.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aLennon, Thomas M.
_tSacrifice and Self-Interest in Seventeenth-Century France
_dBoston : BRILL,c2019
_z9789004400962
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
830 0 _aBrill's Studies in Intellectual History Series
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=5842418
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