In the late Seventeenth Century Cartesianism undergoes a crucial turn: some scholars in France as well as in Netherlands try to diffuse Descartes’ thought among a wider audience by presenting his philosophy in a systematic way. One of the most relevant achievements in this field is Pierre Sylvain Régis’s “Système”. I intend in this work to follow the external history of this work, by analysing the different editions, whose the first was delayed by the intervention of ecclesiastical as well as royal censorship. In his “Système” Régis doesn’t limit himself to propose a summary of Descartes’s ideas: he draws on different sources, sometimes also implicitely, in order to show the effectiveness of Descartes’s method, philosophy and scientific achievements. I have located a great deal of them: my aim is to show that Régis’s contribution consists both in reconciling the new scientific discoveries with “les principes de Monsieur Descartes” by combining them into a scholarly manual whose aim is to stimulate the ars inveniendi and in revising Descartes’s philosophy in an empirical way.
Sul finire del XVII secolo il cartesianesimo francese attraversa un momento cruciale: il momento in cui, cioè, il pensiero di Descartes si trasforma in dottrina e si irrigidisce a sistema nell’opera di vari autori che intendono divulgare e accreditare la nuova filosofia presso un più vasto pubblico di studiosi e di amatori, in Francia come in Olanda. Il lavoro è volto a valorizzare la storia esterna del “Système” di Régis, facendolo reagire alle complesse vicende relative all’introduzione e alla diffusione del cartesianesimo alla fine del Seicento tra censure, eventi tipografici e privilegi di pubblicazione. Il lavoro si propone di rintracciare le teorie filosofiche e scientifiche presenti nell’opera in esame, che consentono di mostrare la complessità del testo di Régis, attento non solo al pensiero e alle opere di Descartes, ma sensibile alla cultura scientifica e filosofica dell’età ed aperto alle sue diverse voci.
Tra cartesianesimo ed empirismo: il "Système" di Pierre Sylvain Régis
2013
Abstract
In the late Seventeenth Century Cartesianism undergoes a crucial turn: some scholars in France as well as in Netherlands try to diffuse Descartes’ thought among a wider audience by presenting his philosophy in a systematic way. One of the most relevant achievements in this field is Pierre Sylvain Régis’s “Système”. I intend in this work to follow the external history of this work, by analysing the different editions, whose the first was delayed by the intervention of ecclesiastical as well as royal censorship. In his “Système” Régis doesn’t limit himself to propose a summary of Descartes’s ideas: he draws on different sources, sometimes also implicitely, in order to show the effectiveness of Descartes’s method, philosophy and scientific achievements. I have located a great deal of them: my aim is to show that Régis’s contribution consists both in reconciling the new scientific discoveries with “les principes de Monsieur Descartes” by combining them into a scholarly manual whose aim is to stimulate the ars inveniendi and in revising Descartes’s philosophy in an empirical way.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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