This article contributes to uncovering the concepts of reason and custom in Montaigne and Descartes, and the common elements of their thought on this theme. They highlight a sort of practical reason which regulates communal life within various communities. Nevertheless, the area of coutume remains a complex reality: within it, one flits between reason and experience and neither can be done away with entirely in life.
«Il est bon de savoir quelque chose des mœurs de divers peuples…»: Customs and Reason in Montaigne and Descartes / Carbone, Raffaele. - In: MONTAIGNE STUDIES. - ISSN 1049-2917. - 25:1-2(2013), pp. 119-128. [10.15122/isbn.978-2-406-07023-8.p.0119]
«Il est bon de savoir quelque chose des mœurs de divers peuples…»: Customs and Reason in Montaigne and Descartes
Carbone Raffaele
2013
Abstract
This article contributes to uncovering the concepts of reason and custom in Montaigne and Descartes, and the common elements of their thought on this theme. They highlight a sort of practical reason which regulates communal life within various communities. Nevertheless, the area of coutume remains a complex reality: within it, one flits between reason and experience and neither can be done away with entirely in life.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
