Two unpublished letters of René Descartes: On the printing of the Meditations and the Groningen affair

Erik-Jan Bos*

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Abstract

I publish here two letters by the French philosopher and mathematician René Descartes. The first and most important letter, dating from May 1641 and addressed to Mersenne, is almost entirely devoted to the printing of the Meditations in Paris. The second letter, dated June 1646, is Descartes' letter of thanks to Pasor, rector of the University of Groningen, after receiving satisfaction for the complaints he had filed against Schoock. The text of both letters was unknown.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)290-303
Number of pages14
JournalArchiv fur Geschichte der Philosophie
Volume92
Issue number3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 17 Feb 2011
Externally publishedYes

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