Philosopher

Antoine Arnauld

Overview

Antoine Arnauld (French: [ɑ̃twan aʁno]; 6 February 1612 – 8 August 1694) was a French Catholic theologian, priest, philosopher and mathematician. He was one of the leading intellectuals of the Jansenist group of Port-Royal and had a very thorough knowledge of patristics. Contemporaries called him le Grand to distinguish him from his father.

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Philosophers who discussed Antoine Arnauld

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Giambattista Vico
• Nicolas Malebranche
• Gershom Carmichael

Ideas Antoine Arnauld discusses

• Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
• Philosophy
• Jesuits
• Censorship
• Nicolas Malebranche
• Lawyer
• Metaphysics
• Mathematician
• Augustine of Hippo
• Netherlands
• Paris
• René Descartes
• Protestantism
• Port-Royal Logic
• Theology
• Meditations on First Philosophy
• Blaise Pascal
• Jansenism
• Casuistry
• Reformed Christianity
• Catholic Church
• Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet
• Thomism
• Euclid

Place in the tradition

Part of French philosophy.

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