Specimina Philosophiæ : seu Dissertatio de methodo, Rectè regendæ rationis, & veritatis in scientiis investigandæ: Dioptrice et Meteora /
René Descartes' (1596-1650) Specimina Philosophiae was published by the Amsterdam Elzeviers in 1644. In the introduction the work, Descartes authorized it as a faithful Latin translation of Discourse on the Method, which was originally published in French in 1637. The Latin version, however, re...
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| Language: | English Latin |
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[2014]
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| Summary: | René Descartes' (1596-1650) Specimina Philosophiae was published by the Amsterdam Elzeviers in 1644. In the introduction the work, Descartes authorized it as a faithful Latin translation of Discourse on the Method, which was originally published in French in 1637. The Latin version, however, reached a much wider audience and remained an influential title until the 19th century. It contains the famous phrase 'cogito ergo sum': "I think, therefore I am". The Elzeviers were the first to publish the Latin editions of all of Descartes' works. |
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| Item Description: | "First published by Louis Elzevier in 1644. Republished by Elsevier B.V. in 2014." |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |