Selections from the Principles of Philosophy
René Descartes
Descartes' own textbook version of his philosophy, from the method of doubt to the nature of God, mind and matter. John Veitch's classic translation, typeset in a clean modern layout.
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The Passions of the SoulDescartes' last book, a study of emotions such as love, hatred, joy and wonder, and of how the mind can learn to govern them. The 1911 translation by Elizabeth Haldane and G. R. T. Ross.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Descartes' early, unfinished handbook on method, with rules for reasoning clearly in any science and mathematics as the model. Translated by Elizabeth Haldane and G. R. T. Ross in 1911.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Objections and Replies
Hobbes, Gassendi, Arnauld and other critics attack the Meditations, and Descartes answers each of them point by point. All seven sets of objections and replies, in the 1912 Haldane and Ross translation.
Verified PDF · Secure download - The Geometry
The treatise where Descartes joined algebra and geometry, laying the ground for analytic geometry and the Cartesian plane. Smith and Latham's English translation, printed beside a facsimile of the 1637 French edition.
Verified PDF · Secure download - The Search after Truth
An unfinished dialogue in which three friends test Descartes' method of doubt in plain conversation, a light way into his ideas. From the 1911 Haldane and Ross translation.
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