PREFACE.

...constituted at the Ministry of Public Instruction The French government body overseeing education and culture at the time. in view of the new edition; here are the names of the members of this Committee:

M. XAVIER CHARMES, of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, Director of the Secretariat and Accounting at the Ministry of Public Instruction, President.

M. CHARLES ADAM, Professor of Philosophy and Dean of the Faculty of Letters at the University of Dijon. Along with Paul Tannery, Adam would become the primary editor of this monumental collection of Descartes' works.

M. ÉMILE BOUTROUX, Professor of the History of Modern Philosophy at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris.

M. VICTOR BROCHARD, Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy at the Faculty of Letters of the University of Paris.

M. GASTON DARBOUX, of the Academy of Sciences, Professor of Higher Geometry and Dean of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris.

M. XAVIER LÉON, Director of the Review of Metaphysics and Morals. original: "Revue de Métaphysique et de Morale"

M. LOUIS LIARD, of the Academy of Moral and Political Sciences, Director of Higher Education at the Ministry of Public Instruction.

M. PAUL TANNERY, Director of State Manufactures, Substitute Professor of Greek and Latin Philosophy at the Collège de France. A prestigious research institution in Paris where Tannery taught the history of science.

From the very first meeting, Mr. Adam presented a Project for the Edition, which was examined, discussed, and approved in principle. In the following sessions, spaced throughout the year 1895, various questions were settled: the spelling to be followed, the format of the volumes, the choice of typefaces, etc., and finally, in January 1896, a contract was signed with the firm Cerf and Co., to whom the edition was entrusted.

The third centenary of the birth of Descartes was celebrated at the Sorbonne The historic seat of the University of Paris. on March 31, 1896, among philosophers and...