René Descartes: The Complete Correspondence in English Translation, Volume I: From the Early Years to...

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Roger Ariew (University of South Florida) Erik-Jan Bos (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

René Descartes

The Complete Correspondence in English Translation, Volume I: From the Early Years to the Discourse...

Roger Ariew (University of South Florida), Erik-Jan Bos (Erasmus University Rotterdam)

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Oxford University Press
15 August 2024

Philosophy; History of ideas; Philosophy of mathematics; History of mathematics; History of science

René Descartes: The Complete Correspondence in English Translation is the first complete English translation of the extant correspondence of the polymath René Descartes, who excelled in all areas of philosophy, the sciences, and mathematics. The translation is based on the best available editions, modified by several other sources. It is accompanied by an editorial apparatus consisting of cross-references and brief biographies of the correspondents. Descartes' correspondence elaborates his views, providing a crucial resource for students, teachers, and scholars in philosophy, history of philosophy, and history of science and mathematics.

Volume I presents correspondence from the period 1619 to 1638. The letters begin with exchanges between Descartes and the physico-mathematician Isaac Beeckman, the essayist Guez de Balzac, the lens maker Jean Ferrier, and Descartes' future primary correspondent Marin Mersenne. It includes letters to high ranking Oratorians. One can also see the beginnings of Descartes' relations with Constantijn Huygens, who will be Descartes' other chief correspondent. One can also trace the developments of Descartes' early unpublished works on metaphysics, physics, and human biology, together with his reaction to the condemnation of Galileo by the Catholic Church. The letters show developments in Descartes' construction and publication of the Discourse on Method, together with the essays Dioptrics, Meteors, and Geometry. This results in an explosion of letters from and to various critics such as the professor of medicine Vopiscus Fortunatus Plemp, the astrologer Jean Baptiste Morin, the mathematicians Pierre Petit, Gilles Personne de Roberval, Pierre de Fermat, and many others.

Edited and translated by: Roger Ariew (University of South Florida), Erik-Jan Bos (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 252mm, Width: 175mm, Spine: 35mm
Weight: 1.022kg
ISBN: 9780198860044
ISBN 10: 0198860048
Pages: 496
Publication Date: 15 August 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Part I: 1619-1632 Part II: 1633-1637 Part III: 1638

Roger Ariew is Distinguished University Professor at the University of South Florida University. He was previously a post-doctoral researcher at the University of Chicago. His principal interest concerns the relations between philosophy, science, and society in the early modern period. He is the author or co-author of four books and editor and translator of Descartes' Philosophical Essays and Pascal's Pensées. He has been awarded multiple fellowships and research grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities, and research grants by the National Science Foundation, and the American Council for Learned Societies. Erik-Jan Bos is a post-doctoral researcher at Erasmus University Rotterdam. He is a specialist in the life and works of René Descartes and his impact on Dutch philosophers and scientists in the seventeenth century. He has been awarded fellowships by the American Council for Learned Societies, and the Dutch Research Council.