René Descartes
(1596–1650)

dubbed "the Founder of Modern Philosophy" and "the Father of Modern Mathematics"

René Descartes

Works

  • Compendium musicæ (1618)
  • Regulae ad directionem ingenii (1628)
  • Discours de la methode (1637)
    • A Discourse Of A Method For the well guiding of Reason (1649)
    • Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences by Veitch (1850) IA
    • Discourse on the Method (Veitch translation from project Gutenberg)
  • La Géométrie (1637) (external link)
    • Translated as The Geometry of René Descartes by Smith and Latham (1925) IA
  • La Dioptrique (1637)
    • Optics (1637)
  • Les Météores (1637)
  • Meditationes de prima philosophia (1641)
  • Objections and Replies (1642)
  • Principia philosophiae (1644)
  • Notae in programma (1647)
    • Comments on a Certain Broad-sheet (1647)
  • Les passions de l'âme (1649)
    • The Passions Of the Soule In three Books (1650)
    • Passions of the Soul (1649)

Collections

  • The Philosophy of Descartes by Torrey (1892) IA
  • Discourse on Method and Metaphysical Meditations by Rawlings (1901) IA
  • Method, Meditations and Philosophy of Descartes translated by Veitch (1901) IA IA
  • The Philosophical Works of Descartes, translated by Haldane and Ross (1911) IA

Works on Descartes

On his works

Works by this author published before January 1, 1927 are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

 
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