HoP 410 - Ann Blair on Jean Bodin’s Natural Philosophy

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HoP 488 No Particular Reason: Nicolas Malebranche

We begin to explore Malebranche’s controversial development of Cartesian philosophy by looking at his theodicy. 

HoP 487 Showing Good Judgment: The Port Royal Logic

Antoine Arnauld and Pierre Nicole update the study of logic to take account of the ideas of Descartes. 

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