Jacobus Revius: A Theological Examination of Cartesian Philosophy

Early Criticisms (1647)
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-90-04-12837-8
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Latin, Englisch, Band 19, 214 Seiten, Format (B × H): 166 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 517 g

Reihe: Kerkhistorische Bijdragen

This volume presents early criticisms of Descartes’ philosophy by Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Revius (1586-1658).
The book offers the Latin texts—originally printed in 1647—of five theological disputations held at the States College in Leiden, and of Revius’ work Methodi cartesianae consideratio theologica. The texts are preceded by an introduction. Earlier references to Descartes in Revius’ Suarez repurgatus (1643/4) are appended.
This edition makes available theological texts of a remarkable quality. Documenting his argument carefully from various writings of Descartes, Revius seeks especially to indicate where Cartesian philosophy is not consonant with Christian (Reformed) religion or where it is inconsistent. Various indexes enhance the usefulness of the edition.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goudriaan, Aza

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Systematische Theologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface
Abbreviations

Introduction
1. The significance of Revius’ criticism of Descartes
2. Historical backgrounds of the texts
3. Revius’ critique of Cartesian philosophy, 1647: The texts in this edition
4. The contents of the texts
5. Remarks on some issues in Revius’ later anti-Cartesian writings
6. The present edition

Analectorum theologicorum disputatio XXI
Analectorum theologicorum disputatio XXII
Analectorum theologicorum disputatio XXIII
Analectorum theologicorum disputatio XXIV
Analectorum theologicorum disputatio XXV

Methodi cartesianae consideratio theologica
1. Caput I
2. Caput II
3. Caput III
4. Caput IV
5. Caput V
6. Caput VI
7. Caput VII
8. Caput VIII
9. Caput IX
10. Caput X
11. Caput XI

Appendix: Texts related to Descartes in Revius’ Suarez repurgatus, sive syllabus Disputationum metaphysicarum Francisci Suarez. cum notis (Leiden 1644)

Bibliography
1. Primary sources
2. Secondary sources
Index of Revius’ quotations from the Bible
Index of Descartes quotations or references in Revius
Quotations from the disputations and the Consideratio in Revius’ later anti-Cartesian writings
Index of Latin words
Index of names

Über Autor(innen)

Aza Goudriaan, Ph.D. (1999) in Theology, University of Leiden, is a Postdoc Researcher at the Faculty of Theology, University of Leiden. He is the author of Philosophische Gotteserkenntnis bei Suárez und Descartes (Brill, 1999).