A modernidade jesuítica e a História do Futuro de Antonio Vieira

This article argues that in some of Antonio Vieira (1608-1697)’s writings, more precisely in this History of the Future, it would be possible to visualize an interesting dialogue between one of the best neoscholastic formulations and the new XVII century philosophy and science, questioning as well interpretations that draw a radical dichotomy between Jesuit thought and Descartes’s philosophy and Galileo’s science.This article argues that in some of Antonio Vieira (1608-1697)’s writings, more precisely in this History of the Future, it would be possible to visualize an interesting dialogue between one of the best neoscholastic formulations and the new XVII century philosophy and science, questioning as well interpretations that draw a radical dichotomy between Jesuit thought and Descartes’s philosophy and Galileo’s science.Este artigo trabalha com a hipótese de que em alguns escritos de Vieira (1608-1697), mais precisamente em A História do Futuro, seria possível visualizar um interessante diálogo do neotomismo em uma de suas melhores formulações com a nova filosofia e com a nova ciência do século XVII, questionando as visões dicotômicas que separam radicalmente as formulações jesuíticas daquelas da ciência de Galileu e da filosofia de Descartes. &nbsp