The Idea of the Instant in Descartes's Philosophy
by
Jean Wahl
Book Details
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Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Cycles
ISBN-10
1399559559
ISBN-13
9781399559553
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Imprint
Edinburgh University Press
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
May 31st, 2026
Print length
192 Pages
Weight
342 grams
Dimensions
14.60 x 22.60 x 1.70 cms
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Suggests that the simultaneity and discontinuity of the instant is the central idea in Descartes’s entire philosophy.
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.
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