Regarding Descartes' meditations as meditational

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dc.contributor.authorHettche, Matthewen
dc.contributor.committeechairAriew, Rogeren
dc.contributor.committeememberPitt, Joseph C.en
dc.contributor.committeememberWatkins, Ericen
dc.contributor.departmentPhilosophyen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:37:31Zen
dc.date.adate2009-06-10en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:37:31Zen
dc.date.issued1995-08-05en
dc.date.rdate2009-06-10en
dc.date.sdate2009-06-10en
dc.description.abstractDescartes' Meditations on First Philosophy is often hailed as one of the great classics of western philosophy. First-time readers of the Meditations are often struck by Descartes' clear and accessible writing style. Within recent scholarship (e.g., most notably, Amelie Osksenberg Rorty's collection of Essays on Descartes' Meditations [1986]), much attention has been focused toward examining the philosophical import of Descartes' literary techniques. In particular, discussions have centered upon whether there is a significant relationship between the literary format of Descartes' "Metaphysical Meditations" with that of religious devotional exercises, also known as meditations, that were prevalent during the early part of the seventeenth century. Although commentators are fairly equally divided on whether the stylistic devices employed by Descartes are philosophically important, there is general agreement that Descartes' text, at the very least, exemplifies the features of religious meditation. Building upon the efforts of previous scholarship, the focus of this present study is to provide a philosophically plausible and historically accurate account of how Descartes' Meditations are meditational. Much of our attention will be directed toward examining the different styles and techniques of religious meditation. In particular, we will examine the relevance of Marin Mersenne's recently rediscovered treatise L'usage de la raison (1623). This work exhibits features of an Augustinian style of religious meditation and it is a text which can be easily connected to Descartes.en
dc.description.degreeMaster of Artsen
dc.format.extentv, 72 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-06102009-063446en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-06102009-063446/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/43015en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V855_1995.H488.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 34381292en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectmersenneen
dc.subjectspiritual exerciseen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V855 1995.H488en
dc.titleRegarding Descartes' meditations as meditationalen
dc.typeThesisen
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplinePhilosophyen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Artsen

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