The Cambridge Descartes lexicon

THE CAMBRIDGE DESCARTES LEXICON
Contents
Figures
Contributors
Abbreviations
Acknowledgments
Introduction and Notes on How to Use This Work
Chronology
Descartes’ Life and Works
	1. Childhood  and  Education
		2. Travels  and  Search  for  a  Career
		3. Early  Writings  on  Method  and  Science
		4. The Discourse on Method  and “Essays”
		5. Meditations on First Philosophy
		6. The  Theological  Controversies  at  Utrecht and Leiden
		7. Correspondence  with  Princess  Elisabeth
		8.The Principles of Philosophy
		9. Comments on a Certain Broadsheet  and the  Rift  with  Regius
		10. Conversation with Burman
		11. Sweden: “A  Land  of Bears, Rocks, and  Ice” – and Death
Annotated Bibliography
ENTRIES
	ABSTRACTION  VERSUS  EXCLUSION
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	ANALOGY
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	ANALYSIS  VERSUS  SYNTHESIS
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	ANATOMY  AND  PHYSIOLOGY
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	ANGEL
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	ANIMAL
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	ANIMAL  SPIRITS
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	AQUINAS,  THOMAS  (CA.1225–1274)
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	ARNAULD,  ANTOINE  (1612–1694)
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	ASTELL,  MARY  (1666–1731)
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	ATOM
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	ATTRIBUTE
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	AUGUSTINE,  AURELIUS  (354–430)
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	AUTOMATON
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	BACON,  FRANCIS  (1561–1626)
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	BAILLET,  ADRIEN  (1649–1706)
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	BALZAC,  JEAN-LOUIS  GUEZ  DE  (1595–1654)
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	BASSO,  SEBASTIAN  (SÉBASTIEN  BASSON)  (DATES UNKNOWN)
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	BAYLE,  FRANÇOIS  (1622–1709)
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	BAYLE,  PIERRE  (1647–1706)
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	BEAUGRAND,  JEAN  DE  (1595–1640)
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	BEECKMAN,  ISAAC  (1588–1637)
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	BEING,  FORMAL  VERSUS  OBJECTIVE
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	BÉRULLE,  PIERRE  DE  (1575–1629)
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	BEVERWIJCK,  JOHAN  VAN  (1594–1647)
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	BODY
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	BODY,  PROOF  OF  THE  EXISTENCE OF
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	BOURDIN,  PIERRE  (1595–1653)
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	BOYLE,  ROBERT  (1627–1691)
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	BRASSET,  HENRI  (1595–AFTER 1657)
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	BRÉGY,  NICOLAS  LÉONOR  FLESSELLES  DE  (CA.1615–1689)
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	BUITENDYCK  (DATES  UNKNOWN)
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	BURMAN,  FRANS  (FRANCISCUS)  (1628–1679)
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	CALVINISM
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	CARCAVI,  PIERRE  DE  (CA.1600–1684)
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	CARTESIANISM
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	CATERUS, JOHANNES (JOHAN KATER OR DE  KATER) (CA.1590–1655)
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	CAUSE
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	CAVENDISH,  MARGARET  (DUCHESS  OF  NEWCASTLE) (1623–1673)
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	CAVENDISH,  WILLIAM  (MARQUESS  OF  NEWCASTLE) (1592–1676)
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	CERTAINTY
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	CHANUT,  HECTOR-PIERRE  (1601–1662)
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	CHARLET,  ÉTIENNE  (1570–1652)
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	CHARLETON,  WALTER  (1619–1707)
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	CHARRON,  PIERRE  (1541–1603)
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	CHRISTINA,  QUEEN  OF  SWEDEN  (1626–1689)
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	CIRCLE,  CARTESIAN
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	CLARITY  AND  DISTINCTNESS
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	CLAUBERG,  JOHANNES  (1622–1665)
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	CLAVIUS,  CHRISTOPHER  (1538–1612)
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	CLERSELIER,  CLAUDE  (1614–1684)
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	COGITO ERGO SUM
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	COLVIUS,  ANDREAS  (1594–1671)
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	COMMENTS ON A CERTAIN BROADSHEET
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	COMMON NOTION
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	COMMON SENSE
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	COMPENDIUM OF MUSIC
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	CONCURRENCE  VERSUS  CONSERVATION,  DIVINE
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	CONIMBRICENSES  (COIMBRANS)
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	CONSERVATION  OF  MOTION,  PRINCIPLE OF
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	CONTAINMENT,  EMINENT  VERSUS FORMAL
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	CONVERSATION WITH BURMAN
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	CONWAY,  ANNE  (1630?-1679)
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	CORDEMOY,  GÉRAUD  DE  (1626–1684)
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	CORRESPONDENCE
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	COSMOLOGICAL  ARGUMENT
		1. The  First  Cosmological  Argument
		2. The  Second  Cosmological  Argument
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	COSMOLOGY
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	CUDWORTH,  RALPH  (1617–1688)
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	DANIEL,  GABRIEL  (1649–1728)
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	DEBEAUNE  (DE  BEAUNE),  FLORIMOND (1601–1652)
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	DEDUCTION
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	DEFINITION
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	DESARGUES,  GIRARD  (1591–1661)
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	DESCRIPTION OF THE HUMAN BODY
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	DESGABETS,  ROBERT  (1610–1678)
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	DIGBY,  KENELM  (1603–1665)
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	DINET,  JACQUES  (1584–1653)
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	DIOPTRICS
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	DISCOURSE ON METHOD
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	DISTINCTION  (  REAL,  MODAL,  AND  RATIONAL)
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	DIVISIBILITY
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	DOUBT
		1. Knowledge  and Doubt
		2. The  Skeptical Doubts
		3. Doubt  and  First-Person  Inquiry
		4. Collective  versus  Piecemeal Doubt
		5. The  Doubtful  Mindset
		6. Evil  Genius  Doubt  and  First  Principles
		7. Internality,  Externality,  and  Epistemic  Priority
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	DREAMS,  DESCARTES’ THREE
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	DU  HAMEL  (OR  DUHAMEL),  JEAN (?–1705)
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	DUALISM
		1. Descartes’  Argument  for  Mind-Body  Dualism
		2. The  Content  of  Descartes’  Dualism
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	EARTH,  MOTION OF THE
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	ELEMENT
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	ELISABETH,  PRINCESS  OF  BOHEMIA  (1618–1680)
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	ENUMERATION
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	ERROR,  THEODICIES OF
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	ESSENCE
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	ETERNAL TRUTH
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	EUSTACHIUS  A  SANCTO  PAULO  (EUSTACHE  ASSELINE) (1573–1640)
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	EXISTENCE
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	EXPERIMENT
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	EXPLANATION
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	EXTENSION
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	EXTRINSIC  DENOMINATION
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	FACULTY
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	FAITH,  RELIGIOUS
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	FALSITY,  MATERIAL
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	FERMAT,  PIERRE  DE  (1607–1665)
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	FONSECA,  PEDRO  DA  (1528–1599)
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	FORCE  AND  DETERMINATION
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	FORM,  SUBSTANTIAL
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	FOUCHER,  SIMON  (1644–1696)
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	FREE WILL
		1. Divine  and  Human  Freedom
		2.  The MEDITATIONS
		3. 	Principles  of  Philosophy
		4. 	Jesuit  Letters
		5. 	Descartes’  Conception  of  Human  Freedom
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	FREINSHEMIUS  (JOHANNES  FREINSHEIM)  (1608–1660)
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	FROMONDUS,  LIBERTUS  (LIBERT  FROIDMENT)  (1587–1653)
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	GALILEI,  GALILEO  (1564–1642)
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	GASSENDI,  PIERRE  (1592–1655)
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	GEOMETRICAL  EXPOSITION
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	GEOMETRY
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	GEOMETRY
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	GEULINCX,  ARNOLD  (1624–1669)
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	GIBIEUF,  GUILLAUME  (1583–1650)
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	GOD
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	GOLIUS,  JACOB  (1596–1667)
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	GRANDAMY,  JACQUES  (1588–1672)
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	GRAVITY
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	HABIT
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	HAPPINESS
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	HARVEY,  WILLIAM  (1578–1657)
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	HEART
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	HEEREBOORD,  ADRIAAN  (1613–1661)
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	HOBBES,  THOMAS  (1588–1679)
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	HOGELANDE,  CORNELIS  VAN  (CA.1590–1662)
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	HOLENMERISM  (HOLENMERIANISM)
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	HUET,  PIERRE-DANIEL  (1630–1721)
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	HUMAN BEING
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	HUYGENS,  CHRISTIAAN  (1629–1695)
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	HUYGENS,  CONSTANTIJN  (1596–1687)
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	HYDROSTATICS
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	HYPERASPISTES
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	IDEA
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	IMAGINATION
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	INDIVIDUATION
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	INERTIA
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	INFINITE  VERSUS  INDEFINITE
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	INTELLECT
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	JANSENISM
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	JESUIT
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	JUDGMENT
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	KEPLER,  JOHANNES  (1571–1630)
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	KNOWLEDGE  ( SCIENTIA )
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	LA  FORGE,  LOUIS  DE  (1632–1666)
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	LA  GRANGE,  JEAN-BAPTISTE  DE  (CA.1641 – AFTER 1680)
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	LAMY,  BERNARD  (1640–1715)
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	LAMY,  FRANÇOIS  (1636–1711)
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	LANGUAGE
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	LAW  OF NATURE
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	LE  BOSSU,  RENÉ  (1631–1680)
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	LE  GRAND,  ANTOINE  (1629–1699)
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	LEIBNIZ,  GOTTFRIED  WILHELM  (1646–1716)
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	LIGHT
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	LOCKE,  JOHN  (1632–1704)
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	LUYNES,  DUC  DE  (LOUIS-CHARLES  D’ALBERT)  (1620–1690)
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	MACHINE
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	MAGNETISM
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	MALEBRANCHE,  NICOLAS  (1638–1715)
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	MATHEMATICS
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	MATHESIS UNIVERSALIS
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	MECHANICS
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	MEDICINE
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	MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY
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	MEMORY
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	MERSENNE,  MARIN  (1588–1648)
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	MESLAND,  DENIS  (1615–1672)
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	METAPHYSICS
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	METEORS
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	METHOD
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	MEYSSONNIER,  LAZARE  (1611–1673)
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	MIND
	and the Human Mind
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	MODE
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	MORE,  HENRY  (1614–1687)
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	MORIN,  JEAN-BAPTISTE  (1583–1656)
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	MOTION
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	MYDORGE,  CLAUDE  (1585–1647)
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	NATIVE  INTELLIGENCE  ( INGENIUM )
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	NATURE
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	NEWTON,  ISAAC  (1642–1727)
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	NOËL,  ÉTIENNE  (1581–1659)
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	OBJECTIONS AND REPLIES
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	ONTOLOGICAL  ARGUMENT
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	OPTICS
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	ORATORIAN
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	PASCAL,  BLAISE  (1623–1662)
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	PASSION
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	PASSIONS OF THE SOUL
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	PELAGIANISM
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	PERCEPTION
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	PERSON
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	PETAU,  DENIS  (1583–1652)
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	PHILOSOPHY
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	PHYSICO-MATHEMATICS
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	PHYSICS
		1. Physics in PRINCIPLES, Part II
		2. The “Applied” Physics in PRINCIPLES, Part III
		3. The Methodological Shift in Descartes’ Physics,  1632 to 1644
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	PICOT,  CLAUDE  (1601–1668)
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	PINEAL GLAND
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	PLACE,  EXTERNAL  VERSUS  INTERNAL
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	PLEMPIUS  (PLEMP),  VOPISCUS  FORTUNATUS  (1601–1671)
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	PLENUM
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	POISSON,  NICOLAS-JOSEPH  (1637–1710)
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	POLLOT,  ALPHONSE  (CA.1602–1668)
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	PREJUDICE
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	PRIMITIVE NOTION
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	PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY
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	PRIVATE THOUGHTS
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	QUALITY, REAL
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	QUALITY,  SENSIBLE
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	QUANTITY
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	RAINBOW
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	RAREFACTION  AND  CONDENSATION
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	REASON
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	RÉGIS,  PIERRE-SYLVAIN  (1632–1707)
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	REGIUS,  HENRICUS  (HENDRIK  DE  ROY)  (1598–1679)
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	RENERI,  HENRICUS  (HENRI  REGNIER)  (1593–1639)
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	REPRESENTATION
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	ROBERVAL,  GILLES  PERSONNE  DE  (1602–1675)
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	ROHAULT,  JACQUES  (1618–1672)
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	ROSICRUCIAN
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	RUBIUS,  ANTONIUS  (RUBIO,  ANTONIO)  (1548–1615)
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	RULES FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE MIND
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	SCHOLASTICISM
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	SCHOOCK,  MARTINUS  (1614–1669)
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	SCOTUS,  JOHN  DUNS  (1265?–1308)
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	SEARCH FOR TRUTH BY THE NATURAL LIGHT
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	SENSATION
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	SHAPE
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	SILHON,  JEAN  DE  (1596–1667)
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	SIMPLE NATURE
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	SOUL,  IMMORTALITY OF THE
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	SPECIES,  INTENTIONAL
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	SPINOZA,  BENEDICT  (BARUCH)  (1632–1677)
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	THE  STAMPIOEN AFFAIR
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	SUÁREZ,  FRANCISCO  (1548–1617)
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	SUBSTANCE
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	SUBTLE MATTER
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	SYLLOGISM
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	THOUGHT
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	TIME
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	TOLETUS,  FRANCISCUS  (FRANCISCO  DE TOLEDO) (1532–1596)
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	TRANSUBSTANTIATION
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	TREATISE ON MAN
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	TRUE  AND  IMMUTABLE NATURE
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	TRUTH
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	UNIVERSAL
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	VACUUM
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	VANINI,  GIULIO  CESARE  (1585–1619)
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	VATIER,  ANTOINE  (1591–1659)
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	VILLEBRESSIEU  (VILLE-BRESSIEU,  OR  VILLE-BRESSIEUX), ÉTIENNE DE (CA. 1607–1674)
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	VIRTUE
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	VOETIUS,  GYSBERTUS  (1589–1676)
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	VORSTIUS,  ADOLPH  (1597–1663)
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	VORTEX
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	WAX
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	THE WORLD  (OR  TREATISE ON LIGHT )
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