The possible influence of Montaigne's Essais on Descartes' Treatise on the passions
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The possible influence of Montaigne's Essais on Descartes' Treatise on the passions
University Press of America, c1988
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ISBN 9780819170279
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This present study takes a new look at the essayist Michel de Montaigne and the philosopher Rene Descartes and attempts to show a new interrelationship between the two. Previous studies have linked the latter's Discours de la mÈthode to the Essais and have noted general similarities, but no major study to date has examined the pair from the standpoint of Descartes' TraitÈ des passions and Montaigne's Essais.
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: pbk. : alk. paper ISBN 9780819170286
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This present study takes a new look at the essayist Michel de Montaigne and the philosopher Rene Descartes and attempts to show a new interrelationship between the two. Previous studies have linked the latter's Discours de la m,thode to the Essais and have noted general similarities, but no major study to date has examined the pair from the standpoint of Descartes' Trait, des passions and Montaigne's Essais.
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