Principles of philosophy

Book • 1984

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Kyle Grieve

when discussing inertia, highlighting Descartes's simplified explanation of the concept.

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Elise Crull

as the magnum opus of Descartes that Newton is criticizing.

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Elise Crull

as a book where Descartes sets up his philosophical worldview, his epistemology, and his metaphysics.

Mentioned as Descartes' textbook of philosophy, published in 1644.

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Peter Adamson

as Descartes' extensive treatise that finally brings together his metaphysical and physical ideas.

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Gideon Manning

in the context of Descartes' analogy of philosophy as a tree, with metaphysics as the roots and physics as the trunk.

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Parker Sedeckes

as containing one of Descartes' clearest expositions of his dictum 'cogito ergo sum'.

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