书名: Treatise on Nature and Grace
作者: Nicolas Malebranche (Author), Patrick Riley (Translator)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (November 19, 1992)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0198248326
ISBN-13: 978-0198248323
电子书格式：DOC (Word 文档)
Book Description
Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) was the most important French philosopher between Descartes and Rousseau. His Treatise on Nature and Grace, first published in 1680, is one of the most celebrated and controversial works of seventeenth-century philosophical theology. This major text, last translated into English in 1695, is here made available to a new generation of readers in an entirely new translation, with a substantial scholarly introduction. The central argument, that God governs the realms of nature and of grace by simple, constant, and uniform "general wills," not through "particular providence," had fundamental repercussions within the contemporary debates on the nature of divine grace and of salvation, contradicting the claims of the Calvinists and Jansenists that God wills the individual salvation of an elected few. Hailed as a work of genius by Bayle and Leibniz, the Treatise was to have a profound and far-reaching influence on the development of eighteenth-century thought.
Review
"Riley's introductory materials merit special notice and, in deed, are indispensable for readers encountering Malebranche for the first time. The biographical note succinctly recounts the major events in Malebranche's life and lists the original publication dates of his works. The introduction skillfully puts the Treatise in its historical, philosophical, and religious context....[Riley's] translation of the Treatise, is admirable. Despite the strangeness and difficulty of many of Malebranche's ideas, this splendid book amply repays the energy and attention one must invest in it." -- Seventeenth-Century News
"The Treatise should be of considerable interest to anyone wishing to acquire a more thorough understanding of the theological aspects of Malebranche's systematic philosophy. It also contains sections that are crucial for understanding Malebranche's position on the traditional philosophical topics of causation and free will." -- The Philosophical Review
About the Author
Patrick Riley is Oakeshott Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Wisconsin.
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作者: Nicolas Malebranche (Author), Patrick Riley (Translator)
出版社: Oxford University Press, USA (November 19, 1992)
语言: English
ISBN-10: 0198248326
ISBN-13: 978-0198248323
电子书格式：DOC (Word 文档)
Book Description
Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715) was the most important French philosopher between Descartes and Rousseau. His Treatise on Nature and Grace, first published in 1680, is one of the most celebrated and controversial works of seventeenth-century philosophical theology. This major text, last translated into English in 1695, is here made available to a new generation of readers in an entirely new translation, with a substantial scholarly introduction. The central argument, that God governs the realms of nature and of grace by simple, constant, and uniform "general wills," not through "particular providence," had fundamental repercussions within the contemporary debates on the nature of divine grace and of salvation, contradicting the claims of the Calvinists and Jansenists that God wills the individual salvation of an elected few. Hailed as a work of genius by Bayle and Leibniz, the Treatise was to have a profound and far-reaching influence on the development of eighteenth-century thought.
Review
"Riley's introductory materials merit special notice and, in deed, are indispensable for readers encountering Malebranche for the first time. The biographical note succinctly recounts the major events in Malebranche's life and lists the original publication dates of his works. The introduction skillfully puts the Treatise in its historical, philosophical, and religious context....[Riley's] translation of the Treatise, is admirable. Despite the strangeness and difficulty of many of Malebranche's ideas, this splendid book amply repays the energy and attention one must invest in it." -- Seventeenth-Century News
"The Treatise should be of considerable interest to anyone wishing to acquire a more thorough understanding of the theological aspects of Malebranche's systematic philosophy. It also contains sections that are crucial for understanding Malebranche's position on the traditional philosophical topics of causation and free will." -- The Philosophical Review
About the Author
Patrick Riley is Oakeshott Professor of Political Philosophy, University of Wisconsin.
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