Descartes (Mahaffy)

by John Pentland Mahaffy

CONTENTS

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I.	INTRODUCTION,	.    .    .	1
II.	EARLY YOUTH AND EDUCATION,	.    .    .	7
III.	LATER YOUTH AND CAMPAIGNS—THE CRISIS OF HIS LIFE,	.    .    .	18
IV.	SEQUEL OF THE CRISIS—FURTHER TRAVELS, AND RESIDENCE IN PARIS,	.    .    .	30
V.	RETIREMENT INTO HOLLAND—EARLY CORRE SPONDENCE AND SCIENTIFIC WORK,	.    .    .	40
VI.	DESCARTES' FIRST PUBLICATION—THE ESSAYS,	.    .    .	64
VII.	CORRESPONDENCE AND CONTROVERSIES ON THE ESSAYS,	.    .    .	73
VIII.	THE MEDITATIONS, AND THE OBJECTIONS OF THE LEARNED,	.    .    .	87
IX.	THE UTRECHT CONTROVERSIES, AND OTHER CORRESPONDENCE,	.    .    .	100
X.	THE PRINCIPLES—THE PRINCESS ELIZABETH AND DESCARTES—LETTERS TO MESLAND ON THE EUCHARIST,	.    .    .	110
XI.	THE CLOSING YEARS OF HIS LIFE IN HOLLAND—HIS ETHICAL WRITINGS—HIS VISIT TO THE QUEEN OF SWEDEN, AND DEATH—REFLECTIONS ON HIS PERSONAL CHARACTER,	.    .    .	123
XII.	DESCARTES' PHILOSOPHY—HIS METHOD—THE EXISTENCE OF THE DEITY,	.    .    .	144
XIII.	HIS SYSTEM OF PHYSICS,	.    .    .	156
XIV.	DESCARTES' PSYCHOLOGY—INNATE IDEAS—THE NATURE OF ERROR,	.    .    .	165
XV.	ANTHROPOLOGY—THE AUTOMATISM OF BRUTES,	.    .    .	173
XVI.	THE PASSIONS—ETHICAL THEORY,	.    .    .	183
XVII.	THE INFLUENCE OF DESCARTES UPON HIS AGE,	.    .    .	196
	APPENDIX,	.    .    .	207