Cartesian Metaphysics: The Scholastic Origins of Modern Philosophy - Paperbackby Jorge Secada (Author) This is the first book length study of Decartes' metaphysics to place it in its immediate historical context, the Late Scholastic philosophy of thinkers such as Surez against which Descartes reacted. Jorge Secada views Cartesian philosophy as an "essentialist" reply to the "existentialism" of the School, and his discussion includes careful analyses and original interpretations of such central Cartesian themes as the role of