Brayton Polka is professor of humanities emeritus at York University.
Introduction: God and the Truth of Interpretation
Chapter 1: Montaigne: God and the Self--What Do I Know?
Chapter 2: Descartes: God and Existence--I think, ergo I am
Chapter 3: Spinoza: God and Democracy--The Covenantal Love of Interpretation
Chapter 4: Vico: God and Poetic Wisdom--The Providential History of Humanity
Conclusion: God and the Interpretation of Truth
Paradox and contradiction constitute the two ways of the world. Polka traces these ideas and the way they have shaped the Western philosophical world view through close readings of Montaigne, Descartes, Spinoza, and Vico.