René Descartes

French philosopher and mathematician, 1596-1650

Works

Comments on a Certain Broadsheet (Notae in programma quoddam, 1648). Reply to Regius.
Correspondence with Elisabeth of Bohemia (1643-1649)
Discourse on Method (Discours de la méthode, 1637). Preface to Optics, Meteorology and Geometry.
Meditations on First Philosophy (Meditationes de prima philosophia, 1641). With the objections and replies; French translation in 1647.
The Passions of the Soul (Les passions de l'âme, 1649)
Principles of Philosophy (Principia philosophiae, 1644). French translation in 1647.
Rules for the Direction of the Mind (Regulae ad directionem ingenii, c. 1628). Unfinished; published in 1701.
The Search for Truth by Means of the Natural Light (La recherche de la vérité par la lumière naturelle). Unfinished dialogue, posthumous.
Treatise on Man (L'homme, 1633). Published in Latin in 1662 and in French in 1664.
The World, or Treatise on Light (Le monde, ou Traité de la lumière, 1633). Withheld after the condemnation of Galileo; published in 1664.