Afleveringen
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The “Quietists” Jeanne Guyon and François Fénelon argue that self-love can be overcome by cultivating a “pure love” for God. Their reward: to be accused of heresy.
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How the “neo-classical” tragedies of Racine explore the battle between passion and reason.
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Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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Molière’s famous comedies scandalize Paris and dramatize themes from French moralism, especially the danger of hypocrisy.
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How the French formal garden embodied both Cartesian philosophy and the political ideology of the French monarchy.
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How philosophy at the universities evolved in response to Cartesianism and the “new science.”
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Arnauld’s attack on Malebranche’s theory of the “vision in God” leads to a nuanced debate over the nature of ideas.
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What inspired the occasionalist theory embraced by the 17th century Cartesians? We find out from a leading specialist on the topic.
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What led Malebranche to his notorious view that all bodily motions and thoughts are caused by God, with created things serving only as “occasions” for divine action?
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We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy.
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Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes.
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Antoine Arnauld combines Cartesian philosophy with Jansenism, one of the most controversial religious movements of the 17th century.
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An interview on contemporary approaches to Pascal's Wager: where decision theory meets philosophy of religion.
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Should we gamble on belief in God to have a chance at infinite reward?
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Blaise Pascal was a pioneering scientist and deeply spiritual religious thinker; what united these two sides of his thought?
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Why did Sébastian Basso and Pierre Gassendi think ancient atomism was the key to developing a new, modern science?
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Gassendi’s path from skepticism to “baptized Epicureanism.”
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So-called “libertines” like Mothe le Vayer revive ancient skepticism, provoking a backlash from Mersenne and Arnauld. Were they right to see the skeptics as anti-religious?
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An interview exploring Descartes' interest in medicine, how his medical ideas relate to his dualism, and his influence on medical science.
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From comets to blood transfusions, embryology, and the debate over the pineal gland: Descartes’ impact on science, especially medicine.
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