Descartes vs. Scholasticism: On the New Generosity

• In Event: Religion, the Individual, and Belief in Politics

Brief Overview

In the Passions, Descartes famously identifies Generosity as the key passion for guiding the highest human life. Insufficient attention has been paid to articulating the new meaning of a word whose traditional meaning was unobjectionable.

Author

• Rafael Major, University of North Texas