René Descartes in EMLO Detailed biography of Descartes at MacTutor John Cottingham translation of Meditations and Objections and Replies. René Descartes (1596–1650) Published in Encyclopedia of Rhetoric and Composition (1996) A site containing Descartes' main works, including correspondence, slightly modified for easier reading Descartes Philosophical Writings tr. by Norman Kemp Smith at archive.org Studies in the Cartesian philosophy (1902) by Norman Kemp Smith at archive.org The Philosophical Works Of Descartes Volume II (1934) at archive.org Descartes featured on the 100 French Franc banknote from 1942. Centro Interdipartimentale di Studi su Descartes e il Seicento Livre Premier, La Géométrie, online and analyzed by A. Warusfel, BibNum[click "à télécharger" for English analysis] Bibliographies Bibliografia cartesiana/Bibliographie cartésienne on-line (1997–2012) Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy Descartes Life and works Epistemology Mathematics Physics Ethics Modal Metaphysics Ontological Argument Theory of Ideas Pineal Gland Law Thesis Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy Descartes Descartes: Ethics Descartes: Mind-Body Distinction Descartes: Scientific Method Other Bernard Williams interviewed about Descartes on Men of ideas BALDASSARRI, F. (2019) The mechanical life of plants: Descartes on botany. The British Journal for the History of Science, 52(1), 41-63. doi:10.1017/S000708741800095X 1596 births 1650 deaths 17th-century French mathematicians 17th-century French philosophers 17th-century French scientists 17th-century French writers 17th-century Latin-language writers 17th-century male writers Age of Enlightenment Aphorists Augustinian philosophers Burials at Saint-Germain-des-Prés (abbey) Catholic philosophers French consciousness researchers and theorists Constructed language creators Critics of animal rights Deaths from pneumonia in Sweden Enlightenment philosophers Epistemologists French emigrants to the Dutch Republic French ethicists French expatriates in Sweden French expatriates in the Dutch Republic French logicians French mercenaries French music theorists French Roman Catholics Leiden University alumni Metaphilosophers Metaphysics writers Military personnel of the Thirty Years' War Natural philosophers Ontologists People from Indre-et-Loire People of the Age of Enlightenment Philosophers of art Philosophers of culture Philosophers of education Philosophers of history Philosophers of logic Philosophers of mathematics Philosophers of mind Philosophers of psychology Philosophers of science Philosophers of social science Rationalists Social philosophers University of Poitiers alumni Writers about activism and social change Writers about religion and science Writers who illustrated their own writing