Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole: Logic or the Art of Thinking Contributor(s): Nicole, Pierre (Author), Arnauld, Antoine (Author), Buroker, Jill Vance (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521483948 ISBN-13: 9780521483940 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Binding Type: Paperback - See All Available Formats & Editions Published: April 1996 Annotation: Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole were philosophers and theologians associated with Port-Royal Abbey, a center of the Catholic Jansenist movement in seventeenth-century France. Their enormously influential Logic or the Art of Thinking, which went through five editions in their lifetimes, treats topics in logic, language, theory of knowledge and metaphysics, and also articulates the response of "heretical" Jansenist Catholicism to orthodox Catholic and Protestant views on grace, free will and the sacraments. This edition presents a new translation of the text, together with a historical introduction and suggestions for further reading. Click for more in this series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy |
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BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - General - Philosophy | Logic |
Dewey: 160 |
LCCN: 95023146 |
Series: Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.9" W x 8.9" L (1.00 lbs) 324 pages |
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Publisher Description: Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole were philosophers and theologians associated with Port-Royal Abbey, a center of the Catholic Jansenist movement in seventeenth-century France. Their enormously influential Logic or the Art of Thinking, which went through five editions in their lifetimes, treats topics in logic, language, theory of knowledge and metaphysics, and also articulates the response of heretical Jansenist Catholicism to orthodox Catholic and Protestant views on grace, free will and the sacraments. This edition presents a new translation of the text, together with a historical introduction and suggestions for further reading. |
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