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In France, on March 31st.
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In 1630 began working on "Dioptrique [the Optics]" and "Meteors [the Meteorology]" that were most likely to be apart of "Le Monde [The World]". Began working on "Traite de L'homme [Treatise on Man]" which was also supposed to be apart of "Le Monde". Became ready for publication in 1633, but Galileo's condemnation from the church made him with draw it.
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Started working on "Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1639. Moved to Leidon in 1640 to help with the publication. Published in 1641. This book is about the possibility of knowledge. It goes through all the skeptical things out there.
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Divided into four parts: 1: Develops metaphysics. It also Delves into "Meditations" without you having to read the whole thing.
2: Principles introduced are based on metaphysics.
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Passions de l'ame was written while being required to give Queen Christina philosophy lessons.
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In Stokholm, on February 11th.
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Smith, Kurt, "Descartes' Life and Works", The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy (Winter 2014 Edition), Edward N. Zalta (ed.), URL = https://plato.stanford.edu/archives/win2014/entries/descartes-works/
