CONTENTS


chap.     page
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

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