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Bibliographia Cartesiana

A Critical Guide to the Descartes Literature 1800–1960

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  • © 1964

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  1. Gregor Sebba

    1. Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XV
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  2. Introduction to Descartes Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Bibliography and Reference

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 3-9

    3. Collectanea

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 9-11

    4. Editions

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 12-17

    5. Biography

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 17-26

    6. Introduction to Descartes

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 26-29

    7. Fundamental Interpretations

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 29-55

    8. The Philosophy of Descartes General Studies and Monographs

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 55-75

    9. The Philosophy of Descartes: Special Topics

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 75-102

    10. Mathematics and Sciences

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 102-117

    11. Esthetics and Literary Influence

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 117-123

    12. After Descartes

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 123-141

    13. Collectanea, Commemorations, Exhibitions: Checklist

      • Gregor Sebba
      Pages 142-148

  3. Back Matter

    Pages 419-510
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About this book

This book offers a new type of working tool for Cartesian studies. It presents the literature of the last 160 years in alphabetical order (Part Two), combined with a systematic analytical survey (Part One) and a detailed topical index to the whole (Part Three). This organization makes it possible to turn bibliogra­ phy from a repository of references into a workshop of research. The system­ atic survey of Part One and the topical index of Part Three, together, offer a mise au point of Descartes studies over their full historical and topical range. The results have often been surprising and illuminating to the author, and if his experience is any guide, the reader, too, will begin to wonder about certain seemingly well-settled points, or marvel at the Protean shapes which our elusive philosopher assumes when mighty commentators force him to reveal his true nature. A work which has been in the making for fifteen years must show the traces of expansion in scope, and changes in evaluation. Bibliographia cartesiana amends my Descartes chapter in A Critical Bibliography of French Literature, v. 3, 1961 (see no. I9a), and supersedes an earlier version of Parts One and Two, published in 1959 under the main title Descartes and his Philosophy, v. 1 (set: no. I8a). Part I (Introduction to Descartes Studies) divides the field into eleven broad areas.

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  • Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts, Emory University, USA

    Gregor Sebba

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