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Book SynopsisA study on Descartes, that brings together essays on the topics of the ego and of God. It explores the alterity of the Cartesian ego. It closes with a careful delineation of the concept of causa sui and a detailed survey of the idea of God in seventeenth-century thought.
Trade Review"Offers a rare and accessible survey of the questions that motivate one of the most important interpreters of Descartes in the twentieth century." -- -Jeffrey Kosky Washington & Lee University "To read Jean-Luc Marion on Descartes provokes the same sorts of excitement, surprise, disagreement and admiration that an earlier generation experienced when reading Martin Heidegger on Nietzsche. If Marion is less exorbitant than Heidegger, he is more exacting in what he demands of Descartes's writings. One thing is certain: no one who reads Descartes can afford not to read Marion on Descartes." -- -Kevin Hart University of Virginia "... Marion's project is immensely rich, subtle, and inventive." -Christianity and Literature
