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Geulincx was born on January 31, 1624 in Antwerp, Belgium.
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Geulincx was born on January 31, 1624 in Antwerp, Belgium.
Geulincx studied at the University of Leuven and was made professor of philosophy there in 1646.
Having given offence by his unorthodox views, Geulincx left Louvain, and took refuge in Leiden, where he appears to have been in the utmost distress. Taking refuge at Leiden, in Holland, he adopted the strict, Jansen-like theology of John Calvin. In September 1658 he became a medical doctor and, in the following year, was authorized to lecture privately in philosophy for a few months. He lived in poverty until 1662, when he obtained a lectureship in logic at the University of Leiden, where in 1665 he became professor extraordinary of philosophy and ethics. He entered the Protestant Church, and in 1663, through the influence of his friend Abraham Heidanus, who had assisted him in his greatest need, he obtained a poorly paid lectureship at the university. He died at Leiden in November 1669. His most important works were published posthumously. The Metaphysica vera (1691) arcs the works by which he is chiefly known. Mention may also be made of Physica vera (1688), Logica restituta (1662) and Annotata in Principia philosophiae R. Cartesii (1691). Geulincx principally deals with the question, left in an obscure and unsatisfactory state by Descartes, of the relation between soul and body. Whereas Descartes made the union between them a violent collocation, Geulincx practically called it a miracle. The inspiration for Geulincx’s attempt to complete Descartes’s system came primarily from the writings of St. Augustine. The opposition between the incomprehensible Deity and his creation also formed the basis for Geulincx’s doctrine of occasionalism: God uses the “occasion” of the body to produce various human attitudes. Though people may believe that they act unaided, God actually works within them to make their will effective.
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