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За Декартовите Notae in programma (Бележки към една прокламация)
On Descartes’ Notae in programma (Commentaries on a Certain Broadsheet)

Author(s): Constantin Yanakiev
Subject(s): Philosophy, History of Philosophy, Renaissance Philosophy, Early Modern Philosophy
Published by: Институт по философия и социология при БАН
Keywords: Cartesianism’s reception; mind and body; substance; mode; attribute; certainty; ontological proof

Summary/Abstract: Descartes Notae in Programma quoddam (Commentaries on a Certain Broadsheet) are translated for the first time from Latin into Bulgarian. Written at the end of 1647, they contain Descartes’ reaction to his former Dutch adherent Henricus Regius, provoked by a broadsheet published shortly before. The 21 theses contained in the broadsheet are quoted in full by Descartes. Although Cartesian in character, some of Regius’s theses show a considerable deviation from his master’s views, and Descartes felt it necessary to publicly repudiate them. He also took the occasion to answer some attacks by Dutch opponents. The text is preceded by a short commentary on the historical context of Cartesianism’s reception and diffusion in Holland.

  • Issue Year: XXX/2021
  • Issue No: 3
  • Page Range: 55-74
  • Page Count: 20
  • Language: Bulgarian