La question historiographique entre cartésianisme, anti-cartésianisme et pyrronisme

François de La Mothe Le Vayer, Montaigne's heir and a representative of a certain freethinking 17th century, was strongly criticised by Port-Royal, particularly by Arnauld. The latter understood the risks that were being spread by the exploitation of the Cartesian method applied to history. Indeed, the approach of Le Vayer led to the questioning of history as a science, thus endangering the teaching of sacred history.