Sacrifice and self-interest in seventeenth-century France : : quietism, Jansenism, and Cartesianism / / by Thomas M. Lennon.
How much of our own self- interest should we be willing to sacrifice for love of another? The Quietists answered, all of it, even the salvation of our own soul. Opposing them were the Jansenists, including Arnauld, who saw self-interest as inescapable. The debate swept across French society in the 1...
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| Superior document: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History; volume304 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2019. |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Brill's Studies in Intellectual History;
volume304. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (318 pages). |
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Published: [2019]
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Published: [2019]
Superior document: Brill's Studies in Intellectual History ; Volume 304