Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Abbreviations xi
5. Introduction 1
6. 1. Descartes among the Scholastics 7
7. PART I. Context
8. 2. Descartes and the Scotists 39
9. 3. Ideas, in and before Descartes with Marjorie Grene 58
10. 4. The Cartesian Destiny of Form and Matter with Marjorie Grene 77
11. 5. Scholastics and the New Astronomy on the Substance of the Heavens 97
12. PART II. Debate and Reception
13. 6. Descartes, Basso, and Toletus: Three Kinds of Corpuscularians 123
14. 7. Descartes and the Jesuits of La Fleche: The Eucharist 140
15. 8. Condemnations of Cartesianism: The Extension and Unity of the Universe 155
16. 9. Cartesians, Gassendists, and Censorship 172
17. 10. Scholastic Critics of Descartes: The Cogito 188
18. Appendix: Gilson’s Index Indexed 207
19. Bibliography 211
20. Index 223