id author title date pages extension mime words sentence flesch summary cache txt vh53ws88x1x Tyler J. Thomas Reason Reborn: Descartes, Philosophy, and the General Good of Men 2021 .txt text/plain 398 13 37 This study attempts to establish the public relevance of Cartesian philosophy. Whereas the French theorists were primarily interested in the social effects of Cartesian philosophy, that is, the reduction of the authority of Aristotle and the Catholic Church, this study takes as its starting point the question of Descartes's own intentions in publishing his philosophy in the forms he chose. cache/vh53ws88x1x.txt txt/vh53ws88x1x.txt