WORKS

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DESCARTES

DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD & ESSAYSOriginally published in 1637, the "Discourse" served as an introduction to three scientific essays—the Dioptrics, the Meteors, and the Geometry—which demonstrated Descartes' new philosophical and mathematical method in action.

VIThis Roman numeral designates Volume 6 of the standard Adam and Tannery (AT) edition of Descartes' complete works.