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René Descartes
[1596-1650]
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"Descartes was correct in noticing that an individual's thinking creates the world that he/she lives in – up to a point. Where Descartes and
the anti-thinking Republican Party got it wrong, however, is that the power of any thinking derives entirely from the degree
to which that thinking is consistent with objective reality." — G.E. Nordell
"Descarte's basic idea was fine: there are two fundamentally distinct ontological categories (spirit and matter), but his regrettable error "Doubt is the origin of wisdom."
"Each problem that I solved became a rule, which served afterwards to solve other problems."
"Conquer yourself rather than the world."
"Except our own thoughts, there is nothing absolutely in our power."
"The senses deceive from time to time, and it is prudent never to trust wholly those who have deceived us even once."
"In order to improve the mind, we ought less to learn, than to contemplate."
"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."
"The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues."
— René Descartes
was to conflate mind with spirit." — Lon Solomon, in 2016 Amazon review
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Major Works
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Compilations of Works by Descartes
 | "Œuvres de Descartes, 1897 (French Edition)" for Kindle [2014] Edited by Charles Adam & Paul Tannery Kindle Edition from Amazon Digital Services [9/2014] for $3.60 must be an extract from the original of 12 volumes, since only 592 pages here |
 | "Descartes: Selections" [1927] Edited by Ralph M. Eaton
Charles Scribner's Sons mass pb [1969] out of print/used Simon & Schuster 9x6 pb [1955] out of print/used Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover [1927] long out of print/used Charles Scribner's Sons hardcover [1927] long out of print/used |
 | "The Essential Descartes" [1969] Edited with Introduction by Margaret D. Wilson "A comprehensive selection from the writings of the 17th Century thinker who changed the course of Western thought' Plume 8x5¼ pb [4/94] out of print/many used Plume 7x5 pb [11/69] out of print/used |
 | "The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Volume 1" [1985] Translated by John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff & Dugald Murdoch Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [1985 edition] for $38.71 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/85] for $52.96 |
 | "The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Volume 2" [1985] Translated by John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff & Dugald Murdoch Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [1985 edition] for $38.71 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/85] for $53.18 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [8/85] out of print/used |
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"Descartes: Selected Philosophical Writings" [1988] Translated by John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff & Dugald Murdoch contains 'Method' and 'Meditations', and substantial extracts from 'Rules', 'Optics', 'Principles', 'Objections and Replies', 'Comments On A Broadsheet', and 'Passions of The Soul' Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [1988 edition] rent for $11.25, buy for $18.50 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/88] for $31.99 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [9/88] out of print/used |
 | "The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Volume 3: The Correspondence" [1991] Translated by John Cottingham, Robert Stoothoff, Dugald Murdoch & Anthony Kenny Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [1991 edition] for $42.40 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/91] for $57.08 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [8/91] out of print/used |
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"The Rene Descartes Collection" [2013] Translated by Charles Eliot & John Veitch [1829-94] each edition contains 'Meditations', 'Method', and 'Principles' Kindle Edition from Waxkeep Publng [3/2013] for 99¢ Kindle Edition from Karpathos Collections [2/2016] for 99¢ First Rate Publrs pb [11/2014] for $5.99 CreateSpace pb [11/2014] out of print/used |
 | "Descartes: The Essential Collection" for Kindle [2014] this edition contains 'Meditations', 'Method', 'Principles', plus 'Rules' newly translated by Elizabeth Anscombe [1919-2001] & Peter Thomas Geach [1916-2013] Kindle Edition from Titan Read [12/2014] for 99¢ |
 | "Collected Works of René Descartes (Illustrated)" for Kindle [2017] contains 'Rules', 'Search For Truth', 'The World', 'Method', Meditations', selections from 'Principles', 'Notes', and 'Passions', plus two biographies Kindle Edition from Delphi Classics [1/2017] for $1.99 |
Major Works of Descartes
with Translations, Companions & Guidebooks
"Le Monde (Treatise on The World)" [written 1630–1633]
"Le Monde de Mr. Descartes, ou Le Traité de La Lumiere (Treatise On The Light)"
"L'Homme (Treatise on Man)" [written 1630–1633]
Descartes's first systematic presentation of his natural philosophy was postponed when Galileo was excommunicated.
"Man" was published posthumously in Latin translation in 1662; and "The World" posthumously in 1664.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_World_(Descartes)
1633. The World, or Treatise on Light, tr. by Michael S. Mahoney. http://www.princeton.edu/~hos/mike/texts/descartes/world/worldfr.htm
 | "Treatise on Man" [orig Latin 1662] by René Descartes French Text with Translation & Commentary by Thomas Steele Hall [1972] Kindle Edition from Prometheus Books/Penguin Random House [2003 edition] for $11.99 Prometheus Books 9x6 pb [7/2003] out of print/used Harvard Univ Press 9x6½ hardcover [1972] out of print/used "El Tratado del Hombre (Spanish Edition)" [2007] Edited by Guillermo Quintas Alianza Univ Editorial SA 8x5 pb [6/2007] out of print/used |
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"Descartes’ Treatise On Man and Its Reception" [2016] Edited by Delphine Antoine-Mahut & Stephen Gaukroger 20 essays written by leading scholars Kindle Edition from Springer [1/2017] for $99.00 {sic} Springer 9¼x6 hardcover [2/2017] for $109.00 {sic} |
1637. Discours de la méthode (Discourse on the Method). An introduction to the Essais, which include the Dioptrique, the Météores and the Géométrie.
Discours de la methode, 1637
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Method
Discours de la méthode (French Edition)Apr 16, 2016
by René Descartes
https://www.amazon.com/Discours-m%C3%A9thode-French-Ren%C3%A9-Descartes-ebook/dp/B01EDE74RK/
"Discourse On The Method" [1637] by René Descartes;
1637. Discourse on the Method, Optics, Geometry and Meteorology, tr. Paul J. Olscamp, Revised edition, Indianapolis: Hackett, 2001.
1637. La Géométrie (Geometry). Descartes' major work in mathematics. There is an English translation by Michael Mahoney (New York: Dover, 1979).
Geometria, 1659
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_G%C3%A9om%C3%A9trie
 | "The Geometry of René Descartes: With A Facsimile of The First Edition" [1925] Translated from the French & Latin by David Eugene Smith & Marcia L. Latham Kindle Edition from Dover Publns [9/2012] for $6.60 Dover Publns 8x5½ pb [6/54] for $11.08 Open Court Publng 9x6 pb [2016] for $27.36 "The Geometry of René Descartes" [1925] Translated from the French & Latin by David Eugene Smith & Marcia L. Latham Kessinger Publng 9x6 hardcover [9/2010] for $34.36 Cosimo Classics 9x6 hardcover [6/2007] out of print/used |
1641. Meditationes de prima philosophia (Meditations on First Philosophy), also known as Metaphysical Meditations. In Latin; a second edition, published the following year, included an additional objection and reply, and a Letter to Dinet. A French translation by the Duke of Luynes, probably done without Descartes' supervision, was published in 1647. Includes six Objections and Replies. Meditationes de prima philosophia, 1670
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations_on_First_Philosophy
"Between Two Worlds: A Reading of Descartes's Meditations" [Jan 2009] by John Carriero
https://www.amazon.com/Between-Two-Worlds-Descartess-Meditations/dp/0691135606/
"The Cambridge Companion to Descartes’ Meditations" [Jan 8, 2014] by David Cunning
https://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Meditations-Companions-Philosophy/dp/1107018609/
"The Routledge Guidebook to Descartes' Meditations" [7/2014] by Gary Hatfield
https://www.amazon.com/Routledge-Guidebook-Descartes-Meditations-Guides/dp/0415672759/
1641. Meditations on First Philosophy, tr. by J. Cottingham, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. Latin original. Alternative English title: Metaphysical Meditations. Includes six Objections and Replies. A second edition published the following year, includes an additional Objection and Reply and a Letter to Dinet. HTML Online Latin-French-English Edition.
1644. Principia philosophiae (Principles of Philosophy), a Latin textbook at first intended by Descartes to replace the Aristotelian textbooks then used in universities. A French translation, Principes de philosophie by Claude Picot, under the supervision of Descartes, appeared in 1647 with a letter-preface to Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_Philosophy
Renati Des-Cartes Principia philosophiæ, 1644
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principles_of_Philosophy
A French version (Les Principes de la Philosophie) followed in 1647
1644. Principles of Philosophy, tr. by V.R. Miller and R.P. Dordrecht: Reidel, 1983.
1649. Les passions de l'âme (Passions of the Soul). Dedicated to Princess Elisabeth of the Palatinate.
"Cartesian Psychophysics and the Whole Nature of Man: On Descartes’s Passions of the Soul" [11/2015] by Richard F. Hassing
https://www.amazon.com/Cartesian-Psychophysics-Whole-Nature-Man/dp/1498522351/
1649. Passions of the Soul. tr. by S. H. Voss, Indianapolis: Hackett, 1989. Dedicated to Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia.
Opera philosophica, 1672
René Descartes. Opere 1637-1649, Milano, Bompiani, 2009, pp. 2531. Edizione integrale (di prime edizioni) e traduzione italiana a fronte, a cura di G. Belgioioso con la collaborazione di I. Agostini, M. Marrone, M. Savini ISBN 978-88-452-6332-3.
René Descartes. Opere 1650-2009, Milano, Bompiani, 2009, pp. 1723. Edizione integrale delle opere postume e traduzione italiana a fronte, a cura di G. Belgioioso con la collaborazione di I. Agostini, M. Marrone, M. Savini ISBN 978-88-452-6333-0.
René Descartes. Tutte le lettere 1619-1650, Milano, Bompiani, 2009 IIa ed., pp. 3104. Nuova edizione integrale dell'epistolario cartesiano con traduzione italiana a fronte, a cura di G. Belgioioso con la collaborazione di I. Agostini, M. Marrone, F. A. Meschini, M. Savini e J.-R. Armogathe ISBN 978-88-452-3422-4.
Other Works
1618. Musicae Compendium. A treatise on music theory and the aesthetics of music written for Descartes' early collaborator, Isaac Beeckman (first posthumous edition 1650).
1626–1628. Regulae ad directionem ingenii (Rules for the Direction of the Mind). Incomplete. First published posthumously in Dutch translation in 1684 and in the original Latin at Amsterdam in 1701 (R. Des-Cartes Opuscula Posthuma Physica et Mathematica). The best critical edition, which includes the Dutch translation of 1684, is edited by Giovanni Crapulli (The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, 1966). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rules_for_the_Direction_of_the_Mind
1628. Regulae ad directionem ingenii. Rules for the Direction of the Natural Intelligence {or ... Mind} A Bilingual Edition of the Cartesian Treatise on Method, ed. and tr. by G. Heffernan, Amsterdam-Atlanta: Rodopi, 1998.
1630–1631. La recherche de la vérité par la lumière naturelle (The Search for Truth) unfinished dialogue published in 1701.
1647. Notae in programma (Comments on a Certain Broadsheet). A reply to Descartes' one-time disciple Henricus Regius.
1648. La description du corps humain (The Description of the Human Body). Published posthumously by Clerselier in 1667.
1648. Responsiones Renati Des Cartes... (Conversation with Burman). Notes on a Q&A session between Descartes and Frans Burman on 16 April 1648. Rediscovered in 1895 and published for the first time in 1896. An annotated bilingual edition (Latin with French translation), edited by Jean-Marie Beyssade, was published in 1981 (Paris: PUF).
1648. Descartes' Conversation with Burman, tr. by J. Cottingham, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1989.
1657. Correspondance (three volumes: 1657, 1659, 1667). Published by Descartes' literary executor Claude Clerselier. The third edition, in 1667, was the most complete; Clerselier omitted, however, much of the material pertaining to mathematics.
1619-1648. René Descartes, Isaac Beeckman, Marin Mersenne. Lettere 1619-1648, ed. by Giulia Beglioioso and Jean Robert-Armogathe, Milano, Bompiani, 2015 pp. 1696. ISBN 978-88-452-8071-9
1824: http://www.archive.org/details/bub_gb_DSkPAQAAIAAJ lettres
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| | "Collected Works of René Descartes (Illustrated)" for Kindle [2017] contains 'Rules', 'Search For Truth', 'The World', 'Method', Meditations', selections from 'Principles', 'Notes', and 'Passions', plus two biographies Kindle Edition from Delphi Classics [1/2017] for $1.99 |
 | "René Descartes: A Brief Guide To His Life and Work" [1910] by Henry Woldmar Ruoff [1865-1935] 16-page excerpt from author's larger "Masters of Achievement", published by Frontier Press in 1910 Kindle Edition from A.J. Cornell Publns [5/2012] for 99¢ |
Works About René Descartes
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"Descartes" biography [1880] by John Pentland Mahaffy [1839-1919]
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-John-Pentland-Mahaffy/dp/1347998063/
"René Descartes biography" [1889 Encyclopedia Britannica article] by William Wallace [1844-97]
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/1911_Encyclop%C3%A6dia_Britannica/Descartes,_Ren%C3%A9
"On Descartes" [circa 1890s] > Mar 31, 2017 27-page kindle by Thomas H. Huxley [1825-95]
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Thomas-Huxley-ebook/dp/B06XYVKSD5/ for 99c
"Brief Biography: René Descartes" [circa 1900] by Abbé Clodius Piat of France
"Descartes: His Life and Times" [1905] by Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane [1862-1937]
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Times-Elizabeth-Sanderson-Haldane/dp/1340135647/
"Light and Enlightenment" [Cambridge Univ Press 1957] by Rosalie L. Colie
 | The Rationalists: Descartes's "Discourse On Method" and "Meditations"; Spinoza's "Ethics"; Leibniz's "Monadology" and "Discourse On Metaphysics" [1960]
Kindle Edition from Random House Digital [4/2011] for $12.99 Anchor Books 8x5¼ pb [8/60] for $13.62 |
"Demons, Dreamers, and Madmen: The Defense of Reason in Descartes's Meditations" [1970] by Harry G. Frankfurt
https://www.amazon.com/Demons-Dreamers-Madmen-Descartess-Meditations/dp/B0014TCS7E/
"Descartes: The Project of Pure Enquiry" [1978] by Bernard Arthur Owen Williams
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Project-Enquiry-Routledge-Classics-ebook/dp/B00NIVQ8RC/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Bernard-Arthur-Owen-Williams/dp/0391005634/
"Descartes: His Moral Philosophy and Psychology" [New York Univ Press, 1978] by John J. Blom ISBN 0-8147-0999-0
 | "Descartes' Metaphysical Physics (Science and Its Conceptual Foundations Series)" [1992] by Daniel Garber 'the first book-length treatment of Descartes's natural philosophy' Univ Chicago Press 9x6 pb [5/92] for $46.00 Univ Chicago Press 9x6 hardcover [5/92] for $83.66 |
"The Cambridge Companion To Descartes" [Sep 25, 1992] by John Cottingham
http://www.amazon.com/Cambridge-Companion-Descartes-Companions-Philosophy/dp/0521366232/
 | "Essays On The Philosophy and Science of René Descartes" [1993] Edited by Stephen Voss 'a panorama of cutting-edge scholarship' • contributors include Jean Marie & Michelle Beyssade, Edwin Curley, Willis Doney, Alan Gabbey, Daniel Garber, Marjorie Grene, Gary Hatfield, Michel Henry, Jean-Luc Marion, Geneviève Rodis-Lewis, Marleen Rozemond, John Schuster, Dennis Sepper, Jean-Pierre Séris, Evert van Leeuwen, editor Voss, Stephen Wagner, and Margaret Welson Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [2/93] for $40.17 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [2/93] for $180.00 {sic} |
 | "Descartes' Error: Emotion, Reason, and The Human Brain" [1994] by Antonio R. Damasio Neuroscientist Damasio shows that the concept of the dualist separation of mind & body and of rationality & emotion proposed by René Descartes is invalid; modern science (led by Damasio) now holds that the body and our emotions both have a key role in the way we think and in rational decision-making • book entry at Wikipedia Kindle Edition from Penguin Books [2005 edition] for $12.99 Penguin Books 7¾x5 pb [9/2005] for $10.88 Picador 9x6¼ hardcover [4/95] out of print/used Picador 9x6½ hardcover [1994] out of print/used |
"Descartes: An Intellectual Biography [Apr 13, 1995] by Stephen Gaukroger
http://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Intellectual-Biography-Stephen-Gaukroger/dp/0198239947/
 | "Descartes' Dualism" [1995] by Gordon Baker & Katherine J. Morris Kindle Edition from Routledge [2005 edition] for $36.53 {sic} Routledge 9x6 pb [11/2002] for $38.45 Routledge 9x6 hardcover [12/95] for $160.00 {sic} |
 | "Der Mordfall Descartes: Dokumente und Indizien Beweise" [1996] by Eike Pies
title in English: "The Murder of Descartes: Documents and Circumstantial Evidence" Verlag Brockhaus hardcover [12/2013] out of print/used via Amazon.DE |
 | "Descartes In 90 Minutes" [1996] by Paul Strathern
Ivan R. Dee 8x5½ pb [9/96] for $9.95 Ivan R. Dee 9x6 hardcover [9/96] out of print/used Constable, UK hardcover [4/96] out of print/used |
 | "Descartes's Legacy: Minds and Meaning In Early Modern Philosophy" [1997] by David Hausman & Alan Hausman Kindle Edition from Univ Toronto Press [2/2015] for $26.95 {sic} Univ Toronto Press 9x6 pb [6/97] out of print/many used Univ Toronto Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [6/97] out of print/used |
"Introducing Descartes" [Oct 1997] by Dave Robinson and Chris Garratt
https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Descartes-Dave-Robinson/dp/1840460636/
"Principles of Cartesian Philosophy: with Metaphysical Thoughts and Lodewijk Meyer's Inaugural Dissertation" [3/1998]
by Baruch Spinoza, Lee Rice (Author), Samuel Shirley (Translator), Steven Barbone (Introduction)
https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Cartesian-Philosophy-Metaphysical-Dissertation/dp/0872204014/
"Descartes: His Life and Thought" [4/1998] by Geneviève Rodis-Lewis
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Thought-Genevi-Rodis-Lewis-1998-04-01/dp/B01JXOLBHY/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Life-Thought-Genevi%C3%A9ve-Rodis-Lewis/dp/080143372X/
 | "Descartes's Dualism" [1998] by Marleen Rozemond
Kindle Edition from Harvard Univ Press [1998 edition] for $27.50 {sic} Harvard Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/2002] for $32.50 Harvard Univ Press 9¾x6¾ hardcover [11/98] out of print/used |
"Descartes: A Very Short Introduction" [Oxford Univ Press 10/2000] by Tom Sorell
http://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Short-Introduction-Tom-Sorell/dp/0192854097/
 | "Descartes Embodied: Reading Cartesian Philosophy Through Cartesian Science" [2000] by Daniel Garber
Kindle Edition from Cambridge Univ Press [2000 edition] for $32.28 {sic} Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2000] for $33.98 Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 pb [12/2000] out of print/many used Cambridge Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [12/2000] for $100.00 |
"Descartes: A Beginner's Guide" [Nov 2001] by Kevin O'Donnell
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Beginners-Guide-Ebook-Epub-ebook/dp/B00GU3DFO4/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Beginners-Guide-Kevin-ODonnell/dp/0340845015/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-para-principiantes-Beginners-Spanish/dp/9879065824/
"Descartes's Method of Doubt" [Jan 2002] by Janet Broughton (Author)
https://www.amazon.com/Descartess-Method-Doubt-Janet-Broughton/dp/0691088187/
"Descartes's System of Natural Philosophy" [March 2002] by Stephen Gaukroger
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Natural-Philosophy-Stephen-Gaukroger/dp/0521808979/
"Radical Cartesianism: The French Reception of Descartes" [9/2002] by Tad M. Schmaltz
https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Cartesianism-French-Reception-Descartes-ebook/dp/B001J6OQW2/
https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Cartesianism-French-Reception-Descartes/dp/0521811341/
"Descartes (Arguments of the Philosophers)" [5/2003] by Margaret Dauler Wilson
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Arguments-Philosophers-Margaret-Dauler-ebook/dp/B000OYEWP6/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Arguments-Philosophers-Margaret-Dauler/dp/0415065763/
"Descartes: The Life of René Descartes and Its Place In His Times" [Simon & Schuster, 10/2005] by A.C. Grayling
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Life-Rene-Place-Times/dp/0743231473/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-times-Genius-C-Grayling/dp/080271501X/
 | "Descartes's Secret Notebook: A True Tale of Mathematics, Mysticism, and The Quest To Understand The Universe" [2005] by Amir D. Aczel
Kindle Edition from Broadway Books/Random House [2/2009] for $5.99 Broadway Books 8x5¼ pb [10/2006] for $10.89 Broadway Books 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2005] for $13.50 |
"Descartes: A Biography" [March 2006] by Desmond M. Clarke
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Biography-Desmond-M-Clarke-ebook/dp/B01MQYCYA4/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Biography-Desmond-M-Clarke/dp/0521823013/
"A Companion To Descartes" [Wiley-Blackwell Nov 2007] by Janet Broughton and John Carriero
https://www.amazon.com/Companion-Descartes-Blackwell-Companions-Philosophy/dp/1405121548/
"Descartes: A Guide For The Perplexed" [Feb 26, 2008] by Justin Skirry
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Guide-Perplexed-Guides/dp/0826489850/
"Der Rätselhafte Tod des René Descartes [Alibri, 2009] by ?heodor Ebert
https://www.amazon.com/r%C3%A4tselhafte-Tod-Ren%C3%A9-Descartes/dp/3865690483/
"French translation: L'Énigme de la Mort de Descartes [Hermann, 2011]
https://www.amazon.com/lenigme-mort-descartes/dp/2705681663/
"Essays on Descartes" [April 17, 2009] by Paul Hoffman, professor at UC Riverside
https://www.amazon.com/Essays-Descartes-Paul-Hoffman/dp/0195321103/
"Descartes's Changing Mind" [July 2009] by Peter Machamer & J.E. McGuire
https://www.amazon.com/Descartess-Changing-Mind-Peter-Machamer/dp/0691138893/
"Introducing Descartes: A Graphic Guide" [Dec 2010] by Dave Robinson and Chris Garratt
https://www.amazon.com/Introducing-Descartes-Graphic-Dave-Robinson/dp/1848311729/
"Descartes: A Beginner's Guide" [Oct 2010] by Harry M. Bracken
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Beginners-Guide-Guides/dp/1851687580/
"Reading Descartes Otherwise: Blind, Mad, Dreamy, and Bad" [12/2012] by Kyoo Lee
https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Descartes-Otherwise-Blind-Dreamy/dp/0823244849/
"The Philosopher, the Priest, and the Painter: A Portrait of Descartes" [Princeton Univ Press, April 2013] by Steven Nadler ISBN 9780691165752
https://www.amazon.com/Philosopher-Priest-Painter-Portrait-Descartes/dp/0691157308/
"Criticisms of Descartes: A Dialogue" [Sept 2013] by Greg Good
41-page dissertation posted September 17, 2013
https://www.amazon.com/Criticisms-Descartes-Dialogue-Greg-Good-ebook/dp/B00FA7BWY6/
"The Problem of Knowledge in Descartes and the Empiricists" [12/2013] by Adolfo Sagastume = 79-page kindle
https://www.amazon.com/Problem-Knowledge-Descartes-Empiricists-ebook/dp/B005IH03ZC/
"Descartes' Philosophical Revolution: A Reassessment" [Palgrave Macmillan, 2015] by H. Ben-Yami
 | "The Descartes Dictionary" [2015] by Kurt Smith
Kindle Edition from Bloomsbury Academic [1/2015] for $25.99 {sic} Bloomsbury Academic 8½x5½ pb [3/2015] for $32.95 Bloomsbury Academic 8¾x5¾ hardcover [3/2015] for $80.25 {sic} |
 | "Mister Descartes and His Evil Genius" [grades 1-5; Plato & Co. 2016] by Jean Paul Mongin, Translated by Anna Street, with vibrant color illustrations by François Schwoebel Kindle Edition from Diaphanes [9/2016] for $11.99 Diaphanes 8¾x6 hardcover [3/2016] for $14.98 |
 | "Routledge Library Editions: Rene Descartes" [2016]
Volume 1: "Descartes and The Autonomy of The Human Understanding" [1990] by John Carriero Kindle Edition from Routledge [8/2016] for $45.00 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2016] for $140.00 {sic} Volume 2: "The Philosophy of Descartes" [1932] by A. Boyce Gibson Kindle Edition from Routledge [8/2016] for $45.00 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2016] for $157.33 {sic} Volume 3: "The Scientific Work of Rene? Descartes" [1952] by J.F. Scott Kindle Edition from Routledge [8/2016] for $45.00 Routledge 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2016] for $140.00 {sic} Volume 4: "An Essay On The Metaphysics of Descartes" [1940] by Marthinus Versfeld Kindle Edition from Routledge [8/2016] for $6.80 {sic} Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [8/2016] for $7.16 {sic} Routledge 4-volume set, possibly in slipcase [2016] 1,088-page Routledge 4-volume 10¼x6½ hardcover set [8/2016] for $520.00 {sic} |
"Descartes and Suárez: Mechanizing The Magic" [March 7, 2017] by Pedro Vázquez Amaral
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Suárez-Mechanizing-Pedro-Amaral-ebook/dp/B00WN49HE6/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Su%C3%A1rez-Pedro-V%C3%A1zquez-Amaral/dp/1520781563/
"Representation and Scepticism From Aquinas To Descartes" [Cambridge Univ Press – April 13, 2017 ] by Han Thomas Adriaenssen
https://www.amazon.com/Representation-Scepticism-Aquinas-Descartes-Adriaenssen/dp/1107181623/
"Descartes, Malebranche, and The Crisis of Perception" [6/2017] by Walter Ott
This volume traces the debate over perceptual experience in early modern France, covering such figures as Antoine Arnauld, Robert Desgabets,
and Pierre-Sylvain Regis alongside their better-known countrymen Rene Descartes and Nicolas Malebranche.
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Malebranche-Crisis-Perception-Walter-ebook/dp/B071KWL5VY/
https://www.amazon.com/Descartes-Malebranche-Crisis-Perception-Walter/dp/0198791712/
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Fiction About René Descartes
"The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes" [] by Andrew Pessin
http://www.amazon.com/Irrationalist-Tragic-Murder-Ren%C3%A9-Descartes-ebook/dp/B0718W3412/
http://www.amazon.com/Irrationalist-Tragic-Murder-René-Descartes/dp/0998427446/
An historical murder mystery based on real events.
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Movies & Television, Other Media
There is no simple character or keyword link for René Descartes credits at Internet Movie Database, any search there requires knowledge beforehand.
"Cartesius" TV movie [R.A.I. Italy & O.R.T.F. France Feb 1974]
 | 2-hour 30-minute television movie in two parts that chronicles 'the illustrious life' of French philosopher René Descartes • Produced & co-written by Renzo Rossellini; co-written & directed by Roberto Rossellini; co-written by Marcella Mariani & Luciano Scaffa; music by Mario Nascimbene; starring Ugo Cardea {as René Descartes}, Anne Pouchie, Claude Berthy, Gabriele Banchero, Charles Borromel, Kenneth Belton, Renato Montalbano, Bruno Corazzari, Vernon Dobtcheff, John Stacy, Joshua Sinclair, Giuseppe/Beppe Colombo, Soko, Fred Ward
full credits at IMDb • no entry at Wikipedia Region 1 DVD available only on the "Eclipse Series 14: Rossellini's History Films" DVD box set along with TV movies "Blaise Pascal" [1972] and "The Age of The Medici" [1972-73] Eclipse/Criterion color DVD [1/2009] 3 disks for $29.99 watch full movie in Italian - no subtitles [2/2012 upload; 2:41:46] online at YouTube |
"The Great Philosophers: Descartes" documentary [BBC-TV aired Oct 1987]
45-minute episode hosted by Bryan Magee, with Bernard Williams as René Descartes •
bare credits at IMDb
BBC/Films for the Humanities color VHS [1987] out of prodn/scarce
"The Mark Steel Lectures: René Descartes" [Season 3, Episode 3 aired March 2006]
1999-2002 radio show that became a TV show on BBC-TV4, later shown on BBC-TV2; 'there are no plans to release DVDs of the TV episodes'
Directed by Becky Martin; starring Mark Steel, with Martin Hyder as René Descartes •
bare credits at IMDb
"Descartes" [Ecuador May 2009]
80-minute Spanish-language documentary by Fernando Mieles about lost films made in Ecuador •
bare credits at IMDb
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Friends & Family
relationship with Helena Jans van der Stroma, a servant girl in Amsterdam
daughter Francine Descartes [1635-40] was born in Deventer, Overijssel, Netherlands
L i n k s
René Descartes entry at Wikipedia
René Descartes entry at Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy
René Descartes Research Prize [200-2007] given by the European Union
René Descartes entry at Famous Scientists website
1,300+ free etexts by/about Descartes at Internet Archive (in English, French, Spanish, Italian)
here on the René Descartes [1596-1650] Page at Maison d'Être Philosophy Bookstore
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