Regulae Ad Directionem Ingenii / Rules for the Direction of the Natural Intelligence : : Rules for the Direction of the Natural Intelligence. a Bilingual Edition.

Exactly four hundred years after the birth of René Descartes (1596-1650), the present volume now makes available, for the first time in a bilingual, philosophical edition prepared especially for English-speaking readers, his Regulae ad directionem ingenii / Rules for the Direction of the Natural Int...

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Superior document:Studies in the History of Ideas in the Low Countries Series ; v.3
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Place / Publishing House:Boston : : BRILL,, 1998.
©1998.
Year of Publication:1998
Edition:1st ed.
Language:English
Series:Studies in the History of Ideas in the Low Countries Series
Physical Description:1 online resource (288 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Table of Contents
  • PREFACE
  • INTRODUCTION A Contextualization of the Text
  • A Brief Protreptic: The Rationale for this Edition
  • History: The Regulæ in Descartes' Early Years (1618-1629)
  • Prolegomena: 'The Metaphysical Correspondence' (1630)
  • Text and Context I: The Regulæ and the Discourse (1637)
  • Text and Context II: The Regulæ and the Meditations (1641)
  • Text and Context III: The Regulæ and the Principles (1644)
  • Philosophy: The Architectonic Argument of the Regulæ
  • Philology: Manuscripts, Editions, Translations of the Regulæ
  • Bibliography: Observations, Opinions, Orientations
  • The Uniqueness of the Present Edition
  • REGULÆ AD DIRECTIONEM INGENII / RULES FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE NATURAL INTELLIGENCE
  • LIBER I De propositionibus simplicibus et illationibus / BOOK ONE On Simple Propositions and Inferences
  • Regula I: De sapientia et scientia / Rule 1: One On Wisdom and Science
  • Regula II: De scientia et cognitione / Rule 2: On Science and Knowledge
  • Regula III: De intuitione et deductione / Rule 3: On Intuition and Deduction
  • Regula IV: De methodo, mathematica, et mathesi universali / Rule 4: On Method, Mathematics, and mathesis universalis
  • Regula V: De ordine et dispositionc rerum / Rule 5: On the Order and Arrangement of Things
  • Regula VI: De naturis simplicibus et respectibus involutis / Rule 6: On Simple Natures and Complex Relations
  • Regula VII: De enumeratione sive inductione / Rule 7: On Enumeration or Induction
  • Regula VIII: De limitibus ration is humanae / Rule 8: On the Limits of Human Reason
  • Regula IX: De perspicacitate intuitionis / Rule 9: On Perspicacity of Intuition
  • Regula X: De sagacitate deductionis / Rule 10: On Sagacity of Deduction
  • Regula XI: De capacitate illationis / Rule 11: On Capacity of Inference.
  • Regula XII: De vi et operationibus ingenii / Rule 12: On the Power and Operations of the Natural Intelligence
  • LIBER II De quacstionibus perfecte intellectis / BOOK 2 On Perfectly Understood Questions
  • Regula XIII: De resolutione directa quaestionum / Rule 13: On the Direct Resolution of Questions
  • Regula XIV: De repraesentatione et imaginatione / Rule 14: On Representation and the Imagination
  • Regula XV: De repraesentatione et sensibus / Rule 15: On Representation and the Senses
  • Regula XVI: De repraesentatione et memoria / Rule 16: On Representation and the Memory
  • Regula XVII: De resolutione indirecta quaestionum / Rule 17: On the Indirect Resolution of Questions
  • Regula XIX: De desideratis / Rule 19: On Desiderata
  • Regula XX: De desideratis / Rule 20: On Desiderata
  • Regula XXI: De desideratis / Rule 21: On Desiderata
  • Regulae XXII-XXIV: Omnino desunt / Rules 22-24: Completely Missing
  • LIBER III De quaestionibus imperfecte intellectis / BOOK 3 On imperfectly Understood Questions
  • Regulae XXV-XXXVI: Onmino desunt / Rules 25-36: Completely Missing
  • APPENDIX
  • Extrait de 'La logique ou l'art de penser'
  • Extract from 'The Logic or The Art of Thinking'
  • INDEX
  • GLOSSARY
  • BIBLIOGRAPHY.