Dormitive virtues, scholastic qualities, and the new philosophies / Keith Hutchison.
Abstract:
In a small section of "La Malade imaginaire" Molière refers to the late medieval scholastic doctrine of qualities. The author studies the objections held by Molière's contemporaries to scholastic metaphysics and explores the meaning of Molière's lines to a 17th century audience
History of science Vol. 29 (1991), p. 245-278