PREFACE.

II.

The first part of the edition will comprise the Correspondence, and the second the Works, Opuscules From the Latin 'opusculum,' meaning a minor work or small treatise., Fragments, etc. As the Letters of Descartes provide us with the history of his Works, and because understanding the latter requires constant reference to the final years of the Correspondence as well as the earliest, it is necessary that the correspondence be entirely published before we proceed to the Works, Minor Works,

Messrs.
Bertrand, of the French Academy The Académie française; the principal French council for matters pertaining to the French language., Permanent Secretary of the Academy of Sciences.
Bouillier, of the Institute The Institut de France, a prestigious umbrella organization for France's five national academies..
Bourgeois, Deputy, former President of the Council, former Minister of Public Instruction.
Boutroux, Professor of the History of Modern Philosophy at the Sorbonne The historic university of Paris..
Brochard, Professor of the History of Ancient Philosophy at the Sorbonne.
Brouardel, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of Paris.
Brunetière, of the French Academy.
† Burdeau, President of the Chamber of Deputies.
† Challemel-Lacour, of the French Academy, President of the Senate.
Darboux, of the Academy of Sciences, Dean of the Faculty of Sciences of Paris.
Léopold Delisle, of the Institute, General Administrator of the National Library.
Fouillée, of the Institute.
Gréard, of the French Academy, Vice-Rector of the Academy of Paris.
Hermite, of the Academy of Sciences.
Janet, of the Institute, Professor of Philosophy at the Sorbonne.
Janssen, of the Academy of Sciences, Director of the Meudon Observatory.
Lachelier, of the Institute, General Inspector of Public Instruction.
† Marion, Professor of the Science of Education at the Sorbonne.
† Pasteur Louis Pasteur (1822–1895), the world-renowned chemist and microbiologist; the dagger (†) indicates he had passed away by the time of publication..
E. Perrier, of the Academy of Sciences, Professor at the Museum.
R. Poincaré, Vice-President of the Chamber of Deputies, former Minister of Public Instruction.
H. Poincaré, of the Academy of Sciences, Professor of Mathematical Physics at the Sorbonne Henri Poincaré, one of the greatest mathematicians and theoretical physicists of the era..