 One unexpected effect of the presence of Gómez Pereira in the French erudite elite, even if in a pale way, was the recovery of his work during the eighteenth century. But, unfortunately for our author again, this recovery did not involve any serious and detailed study of his thought (González Vila 1977: 109). The unique perspective adopted to comment on and analyze the contents of the Antoniana Margarita was determined by the notion of their possible influence on Descartes; moreover, the Spanish writers generally followed the sentence of Bayle denying such an influence. One of the most notable exceptions was the Jesuit Juan de Ulloa, who after refuting mechanism and atomism, said that, in spite of everything, he was proud of the fact that some of his countrymen, such as Pereira and Vallés, had guided such powerful minds as that of Descartes (Bandrés &amp; Llavona 1993: 134).