'On Descartes' Passive Thought' is the culmination of a life-long reflection on the philosophy of Descartes by one of the most important living French philosophers. In it, Jean-Luc Marion examines anew some of the questions left unresolved in his previous books about Descartes, with a particular focus on Descartes's theory of morals and the passions. Descartes has long been associated with mind-body dualism, but Marion argues here that this a historical misattribution, popularized by Malebranche and popular ever since both within the academy and with the general public.

• Contents
• Translator’s Introduction
• Preface
• Bibliographic Note
• Introduction
• 1. The Existence of Material Things or the “Scandal of Philosophy”
• 2. Bodies and My Flesh
• 3. The Indubitable and the Unnoticed
• 4. The Third Primitive Notion
• 5. Union and Unity
• 6. Passion and Passivity
• Index of Names