Selections from the Principles of Philosophy

The Principles of Philosophy, originally published in Latin in 1644, and translated to French in 1647, sets forth the principles of nature--the Laws of Physics--as Descartes viewed them. The book provides a systematic statement of natural philosophy and metaphysics, and represents the first truly comprehensive, mechanistic account of the universe. The Selections from the Principles of Philosophy contains the whole of the first part of the book ("Of the Principles of Human Knowledge"), as well as selections from the second ("Of the Principles of Material Things"), third ("Of the Visible World"), and fourth part ("Of the Earth") of the book. (Foon)


By : René Descartes (1596 - 1650)Translated by John Veitch (1829 - 1894)

00 - Letter of the Author, Serving for a Preface



01 - Part I: Of the Principles of Human Knowledge I-XV



02 - Part I: Of the Principles of Human Knowledge XVI-XXX



03 - Part I: Of the Principles of Human Knowledge XXXI-XLV



04 - Part I: Of the Principles of Human Knowledge XLVI-LX



05 - Part I: Of the Principles of Human Knowledge LXI-LXXVI



06 - Part II: Of the Principles of Material Things I-XIII



07 - Part II: Of the Principles of Material Things XIV-XXV



08 - Part III: Of the Visible World



09 - Part IV: Of the Earth CLXXXVIII-CXCVII



10 - Part IV: Of the Earth CXCVIII-CCVII


From the Publisher's Preface

The present volume contains a reprint of the preface and the first part of the Principles of Philosophy, together with selections from the second, third and fourth parts of that work, corresponding to the extracts in the French edition of Gamier, are also given, as well as an appendix containing part of Descartes' reply to the Second Objections (viz., his formal demonstrations of the existence of Deity). The translation is based on the original Latin edition of the Principles, published in 1644.

The work had been translated into French during Descartes' lifetime, and personally revised and corrected by him, the French text is evidently deserving of the same consideration as the Latin originals, and consequently, the additions and variations of the French version have also been given—the additions being put in square brackets in the text and the variations in the footnotes.

A copy of the title-page of the original edition, as given in Dr. C. Guttler's work (Munich: C. H. Beck. 1901), are also reproduced in the present volume.

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