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Birth
In France, on March 31st. -
The World
In 1630 began working on "Dioptrique [the Optics]" and "Meteors [the Meteorology]" that were most likely to be apart of "Le Monde [The World]". Began working on "Traite de L'homme [Treatise on Man]" which was also supposed to be apart of "Le Monde". Became ready for publication in 1633, but Galileo's condemnation from the church made him with draw it. -
Meditations on First Philosophy
Started working on "Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1639. Moved to Leidon in 1640 to help with the publication. Published in 1641. This book is about the possibility of knowledge. It goes through all the skeptical things out there. -
Principles of Philosophy
Divided into four parts: 1: Develops metaphysics. It also Delves into "Meditations" without you having to read the whole thing.
2: Principles introduced are based on metaphysics.
3/4: Physics developed in these parts are based on the principles of part 2. -
Passions of the Soul
Passions de l'ame was written while being required to give Queen Christina philosophy lessons. -
Death
In Stokholm, on February 11th. -
Bibliography
Smith, Kurt, "Descartes' Life and Works", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2014/entries/descartes-works/
