Collection of Historical Sources on René Descartes' Natural Philosophy

Baillet, Adrien, La vie de Monsieur Des-Cartes, 1691

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Descartes, René, Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, (et) chercher la verité dans les sciences: plus la dioptrique, les meteores, la mechanique, et la musique, qui sont des essais de cette methode; avec des remarques (et) des éclaircissemens necessaires, 1668

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Traite de la mechanique/Composé par Monsieur Descartes.
De plus l'abregé de musique du mesme autheur mis en Francois. Avec les eclaircissemens necessaires. Par. N. P. P. D. L.

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Descartes, René; Beaune, Florimond de; Schooten, Frans van, Geometria à Renato Des Cartes, anno 1637 gallicè edita; postea autem vnà cum notis Florimondi de Beavne: Gallicè conscriptis in latinam linguam versa, & commentariis illustrata, operâ atque studio Francisci à Schooten; nunc demum ab eodem diligenter recognita, locupletioribus commentariis instructa, multisque egregiis accessionibus, tam ad ulteriorem explicationem, quam ad ampliandam hujus geometriae excellentiam facientibus, exornata, quorum omnium catalogum pagina versa exhibet, 1683

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Descartes, René, Geometria a Renato Des Cartes, anno 1637 gallice edita, 1649

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Descartes, René, Geometria, vol. 1, 1659

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Descartes, René, Geometria, vol. 2, 1659

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Descartes, René, Les principes de la philosophie, 1668

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Descartes, René, Principia Matheseos Vniversalis, Seu Introductio ad Geometriae Methodum, 1695

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Descartes, René, R. Des-Cartes opuscula posthuma, physica et mathematica, 1701

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1. Mundus sive dissertatio de lumine ut et de aliis sensuum objectic primariis
2. De mechanica tractatus una cum elucidationibus N. Poissonii
3. N. Poisson elucidationes physicae in cartesii musicam
4. R. Des-Cartes regulae ad directionem ingenii, ut et inquisitio veritatis per lumen naturale
5. Primae cogitationes circa generationem animalium et nonnulla de saporibus
6. Excerpta ex mss. R. Des-Cartes

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Descartes, René, Renati Des-Cartes principia philosophiae, 1644

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Descartes, René, Renati Descartes Epistolae: Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae; in quibus omnis generis quaestiones Philosophicae tractantur ..., vol. 1, 1682

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Descartes, René, Renati Descartes Epistolae: Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae; in quibus omnis generis quaestiones Philosophicae tractantur ..., vol. 2, 1682

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Descartes, René, Renati Descartes Epistolae: Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae; in quibus omnis generis quaestiones Philosophicae tractantur ..., vol. 3, 1683

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Descartes, René, Traité de la mechanique, 1668

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Baillet, Adrien, La vie de Monsieur Des-Cartes, 1691 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:PQB3428C Descartes, René, Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, (et) chercher la verité dans les sciences: plus la dioptrique, les meteores, la mechanique, et la musique, qui sont des essais de cette methode; avec des remarques (et) des éclaircissemens necessaires, 1668 WORKS INCLUDED: Traite de la mechanique/Composé par Monsieur Descartes. De plus l'abregé de musique du mesme autheur mis en Francois. Avec les eclaircissemens necessaires. Par. N. P. P. D. L. Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:4M4V8T85 Descartes, René; Beaune, Florimond de; Schooten, Frans van, Geometria à Renato Des Cartes, anno 1637 gallicè edita; postea autem vnà cum notis Florimondi de Beavne: Gallicè conscriptis in latinam linguam versa, & commentariis illustrata, operâ atque studio Francisci à Schooten; nunc demum ab eodem diligenter recognita, locupletioribus commentariis instructa, multisque egregiis accessionibus, tam ad ulteriorem explicationem, quam ad ampliandam hujus geometriae excellentiam facientibus, exornata, quorum omnium catalogum pagina versa exhibet, 1683 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:R2MS2QWQ Descartes, René, Geometria a Renato Des Cartes, anno 1637 gallice edita, 1649 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:V1FP5ZR3 Descartes, René, Geometria, vol. 1, 1659 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:ESFV8BP3 Descartes, René, Geometria, vol. 2, 1659 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:NV1Q6AFM Descartes, René, Les principes de la philosophie, 1668 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:708NVVQ4 Descartes, René, Principia Matheseos Vniversalis, Seu Introductio ad Geometriae Methodum, 1695 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:WD5G7TAG Descartes, René, R. Des-Cartes opuscula posthuma, physica et mathematica, 1701 contents: 1. Mundus sive dissertatio de lumine ut et de aliis sensuum objectic primariis 2. De mechanica tractatus una cum elucidationibus N. Poissonii 3. N. Poisson elucidationes physicae in cartesii musicam 4. R. Des-Cartes regulae ad directionem ingenii, ut et inquisitio veritatis per lumen naturale 5. Primae cogitationes circa generationem animalium et nonnulla de saporibus 6. Excerpta ex mss. R. Des-Cartes Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:385QXV5Y Descartes, René, Renati Des-Cartes principia philosophiae, 1644 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:D1EAAM5H Descartes, René, Renati Descartes Epistolae: Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae; in quibus omnis generis quaestiones Philosophicae tractantur ..., vol. 1, 1682 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:CCGVG7MD Descartes, René, Renati Descartes Epistolae: Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae; in quibus omnis generis quaestiones Philosophicae tractantur ..., vol. 2, 1682 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:XPVD7M2U Descartes, René, Renati Descartes Epistolae: Partim ab Auctore Latino sermone conscriptae, partim ex Gallico translatae; in quibus omnis generis quaestiones Philosophicae tractantur ..., vol. 3, 1683 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:0WFER8U6 Descartes, René, Traité de la mechanique, 1668 Source information: Copyright (images): Max Planck Institute for the History of Science Permanent URI:http://echo.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/MPIWG:3ZEFQYW2 top