The Idea of the Instant in Descartes's Philosophy
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Product details:
- Publisher Edinburgh University Press
- Date of Publication 31 May 2026
- ISBN 9781399559553
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages192 pages
- Size 216x138 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations 1 black and white illustration 700
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Short description:
Suggests that the simultaneity and discontinuity of the instant is the central idea in Descartes’s entire philosophy.
MoreLong description:
The Idea of the Instant in Descartes’s Philosophy is the first English translation of a major and influential interpretation of Descartes’s philosophy by one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century French philosophy. While discussing the role of the instant within Descartes’s philosophy, Jean Wahl develops an original account of temporality that is central to Wahl’s entire and extensive oeuvre and that has influenced a variety of 20th -century French thinkers, most notably Gilles Deleuze.
In addition to including the original French text, the volume contains an introduction to Jean Wahl by Alan D. Schrift and English translations of three essays, one written exclusively for this book, by Frédéric Worms, Director of the École Normale Supérieure, Wahl’s most important French interpreter, and one of the most influential philosophers working in France today.
Table of Contents:
Alan D. Schrift, Editor’s Introduction
Acknowledgements
Frédéric Worms, The Vital Instant
Frédéric Worms, From One Instant to Another: Descartes, Bergson, Jean Wahl, and Us
Verso pages: Du role de l’idée de l’instant dans la philosophie de Descartes
Recto pages: The Idea of the Instant in Descartes’s Philosophy
Frédéric Worms, Jean Wahl towards Himself
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