Osservazioni sulle fonti luterane della controversia De notitia Dei naturali insita in infantibus

Journal title RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA
Author/s Roberto Bordoli
Publishing Year 2009 Issue 2009/3 Language Italian
Pages 19 P. 449-467 File size 611 KB
DOI 10.3280/SF2009-003001
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Osservazioni sulle fonti luterane della controversia De notitia Dei naturali insita in infantibusStarting from a passage of Adam Steuart’s refutation of Descartes’ Notae in programma quoddam, this essay reconstructs the debate on the innate idea of God in infants (incorrectly attributed to Descartes by Steuart, who was a Calvinist) that took place in Lutheran-oriented philosophy and theology between the end of the 16th and the middle of the 18th century. It is shown that one of the most common questions in modern philosophy is closely connected with theological thinking - in this case Lutheran - from the formulation of the dogmatic systems up until their criticism by the Enlightenment. Also explained is the way in which the reception of Cartesianism was singularly influenced by the various backgrounds and the different and continuously changing polemical goals that inspired each author. In fact, Descartes was even accused of being a Lutheran.

Key words: History of modern philosophy, History of Protestant theology, History of Cartesianism, History of Lutheranism, Reception of Cartesianism.

Roberto Bordoli, Osservazioni sulle fonti luterane della controversia De notitia Dei naturali insita in infantibus in "RIVISTA DI STORIA DELLA FILOSOFIA" 3/2009, pp 449-467, DOI: 10.3280/SF2009-003001