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OverviewHow much of our own self- interest should we be willing to sacrifice for love of another? The Quietists answered, all of it, even the salvation of our own soul. Opposing them were the Jansenists, including Arnauld, who saw self-interest as inescapable. The debate swept across French society in the 17th century, with Bossuet and Fenelon on opposite sides, and was multi- dimensional, with political and ecclesiastical intrigue, charges of heresy, and many shenanigans. Initially theological, the debate's basis lay in differing philosophical concepts of freewill, with both sides claiming support from Descartes's views. The debate thus highlights interpretation of the Cartesians, especially Malebranche, a prominent participant in it. Nevertheless, this is the first book on the debate in English. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Thomas M. LennonPublisher: Brill Imprint: Brill Volume: 304 Weight: 0.631kg ISBN: 9789004400962ISBN 10: 9004400966 Pages: 300 Publication Date: 11 July 2019 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In stock  We have confirmation that this item is in stock with the supplier. It will be ordered in for you and dispatched immediately. Table of ContentsContents Prologue Apparatus 1 Pure Love 1 Sacrifice 2 The Theological Idiom 3 Freedom and Volition 4 A Tawdry Affair 5 Contemporary Connections 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 3 Quietism 1 Francois de Sales (1567-1622) 2 Bossuet on Francois 3 Bossuet and Mme Guyon 4 Attrition and Contrition: Sirmond vs. Camus 4 Spontaneity and Indifference 1 Two Senses of Freedom 2 Spontaneity 3 Indifference 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 6 Cartesian Wills 1 Descartes's View: Circumstantial Evidence 2 Descartes's View: Textual Evidence 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 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 9 The Denouement 1 Descartes 2 Jansenius 3 Fenelon 10 The Last Temptation Chronology Appendices: The Condemned Propositions Bibliography of Works Cited IndexReviewsan excellent contribution to the growing corpus of English-language scholarship on religion in seventeenth-century France [it] would be of interest to specialists in the religious and intellectual history of that period Elissa Cutter, Georgian Court University, in 78.3-4 This book is an excellent contribution to the growing corpus of English-language scholarship on religion in seventeenth-century France and would be of interest to specialists in the religious and intellectual history of that period. Elissa Cutter, Georgian Court University. In: Seventeenth-Century News, Vol. 78, No. 3-4 (2020), pp. 154-157. Combining close analysis of text and context, Lennon reveals the seventeenth-century concept of love differs in important ways from modern love, and deserves attention today. Scholars across the disciplines will gain from his unique contextualization of thinkers usually studied separately. [...] This is an important book that deserves a wide reception. Michael B. Riordan, in: Journal of British Studies, Vol. 60, No. 3 (July 2021), pp. 718-719. Author InformationThomas M. Lennon, Ph.D. Ohio State (1968) is Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario. He has published Battle of the Gods and Giants (Princeton UP, 1993), Plain Truth: Descartes, Huet, and Skepticism (Brill, 2008), translations of Malebranche and Huet, and many journal articles. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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