The cartesian theory of criation

Authors

  • Carlos E.P. Oliveira Universidade de São Paulo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2008.89335

Keywords:

God, Creation, Causality, Thomas Aquinas, Descartes.

Abstract

This article aims to explain the theory of creation found in Descartes’ Meditations, of which consistently follows the theory of the creation of the eternal truths developed in his Correspondence, between the years 1630 and 1649. Doing so, we attempt to refute interpretations according to which the theory of the creation of the eternal truths would be incompatible with the Cartesian system. To this aim, we will present the thomistic concept of creation and the gradual Cartesian refutation of it, from where emerges a modern theory of creation, basis of the theory of the creation of eternal truths

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Author Biography

  • Carlos E.P. Oliveira, Universidade de São Paulo
    Mestrando do Departamento de Filosofia Universidade de São Paulo.

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Published

2008-06-15

Issue

No. 18 (2008)

Section

Artigos

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How to Cite

Oliveira, C. E. (2008). The cartesian theory of criation. Cadernos Espinosanos, 18, 89-103. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2447-9012.espinosa.2008.89335