The Jansenist theologian of grace, known as the Great Arnauld to distinguish him from other members of his family, was a tireless worker with encyclopedic interests. Although his point of view was always moral and religious even when treating...

Arnauld, Antoine(1612–1694) Antoine Arnauld, a Jansenist theologian and Cartesian philosopher, was one of the most skilled philosophical and theological controversialists of the seventeenth century. His reputation was such that he was known in...

Antoine Arnauld, (February 6, 1612 - August 6, 1694) — le Grand as contemporaries called him, to distinguish him from his father — was a French Roman Catholic theologian, philosopher, and mathematician. He was one of the leading intellectual...