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^1 h 1 h * "TS i i T .... h O .... m ■i nT a n nT il II miX ill II I II E DESCARTES Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2019 with funding from The Arcadia Fund https://archive.org/details/descarteshislifeOOrodLO DESCARTES His Life and Thought Genevieve Rodis-Lewis Translated by Jane Marie Todd Cornell University Press Ithaca and London Originally published in French under the title Descartes, Biographie, by Genevieve Rodis-Lewis, © 1995 by Calmann-Levy. The publisher gratefully acknowledges the assistance of the French Ministry of Culture in defraying part of the cost of translation. Translation copyright © 1998 by Cornell University All rights reserved. Except for brief quotations in a review, this book, or parts thereof, must not be reproduced in any form without permission in writing from the publisher. For information, address Cornell University Press, Sage House, 512 East State Street, Ithaca, New York 14850. First published 1998 by Cornell University Press. Printed in the United States of America. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Rodis-Lewis, Genevieve [Descartes. English] Descartes : his life and thought / Genevieve Rodis-Lewis ; Jane Marie Todd, translator, p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8014-3372-X (alk. paper) 1. Descartes, Rene, 1596—1650. 2. Philosophers—France— France—Biography. I. Title. B1873.R6313 1998 *94 [B]—DC21 97-38681 ISBN 0-8014-3372-x (cloth) Cornell University Press strives to utilize environmentally responsible suppliers and materials to the fullest extent possible in the publishing of its books. Such materials include vegetable-based, low-VOC inks and acid-free papers that are also either recycled, totally chlorine-free, or partly composed of nonwood fibers Cloth printing 1098765432 1 Contents Prologue vii Descartes’s Biographers xi 1. Family and Childhood 1 2. Studies 8 3. Two Decisive Years 24 4. Travels and Exercises in the Method 49 5. The Netherlands (1629-41) 73 6. The Netherlands (1642-49) 143 7. The End in Sweden 188 Epilogue 216 Notes 227 Index 257
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