Metaphysical Disquisition

Therefore I fear that, given the structure of the work, if you decide it should be published, it may not be sufficiently pleasant to read. You, however, when the matter has been more clearly perceived by reading, will see to that; except that I suggest that, if you persist in your wish, as many articles as were distinguished in my Letter should now be distinguished and inscribed as so many Doubts; and let Titles be created, which may both relieve boredom and, with the arguments set forth, show what is contained in each. For although the Letter (written for a purpose other than to lay the foundation for a dispute) was not so arranged that every article should become a specific objection or Doubt (otherwise I would have completed each one with its own conclusion and proofs, as if in its full parts), nevertheless, because the situation has so required, and Descartes has dragged me, who was advising him privately, into a public quarrel, we must strive as much as possible to ensure that the matter does not proceed unbecomingly. Certainly, and although I now press many points concerning the First Meditation, it does not follow that more Doubts should be distinguished—