Publication details
L'entendement cartésien vu a travers le prisme de la philosophie de J. Locke: La clé
| Title in English | The Cartesian Understanding in the Philosophy of J. Locke: The Key of Words to the Soul |
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| Year of publication | 2000 |
| Type | Article in Proceedings |
| Conference | L'esprit cartésien: Quatrieme centenaire de la naissance de Descartes |
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| Field | Philosophy and religion |
| Keywords | Descartes; Locke; soul; perception; language; dubito; tabula rasa; metaphysical dualism; God; Morality; cogito; self; Spirituality; Trinity; understanding; intuition; knowledge; thinking |
| Description | Both thinkers are connected by the concept of "idea", the triadic scheme of being (self, God, world), as well as by three wasy of knowledge. Locke is nearer to Cartesianism than it is acknowledged by the "isms" of the time. Locke is a leading precursor of the Enlightenment. |