Time and History in Denis P©tau

By: Johannes Zachhuber

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Paperback | 17 November 2025

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This book offers the first comprehensive presentation and analysis of the innovative theory of time advanced by early modern French scholar, Denis P©tau.Denis P©tau (1583-1652) was the model of an early modern erudite. Proudly Catholic, the Jesuit scholar was a keen participant in the scientific and religious debates of his time. In the 1620s and 30s, he made major contributions to the burgeoning literature on scientific chronology respond-ing especially to the work of Joseph Scaliger. As part of this effort, P©tau developed a fascinating theory of time and history. Societies inevitably exist in a temporal frame and therefore develop communal practices of timekeeping. For this, they adapt cosmic time to the needs and purposes of human societies. They create calendars and arrange their historical records in chronological form. This is a scientific task but, since time is ultimately sacred reality, its study has always been assigned to priests. P©tau therefore sees science and religion as intimately connected, progress-ing jointly through history and culminating in his own time.The book will be of interest to philosophers of time, and historians of early modern science, reli-gion, and theology.

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