The Princess and the Philosopher: Letters of Elisabeth of the Palatine to Rene Descartes: Letters of Elisabeth of the Palatine to RenZ Descartes

by Andrea Nye (Author), Andrea Nye (Author)

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  Paperback
  1999

  $43.55

  A collection of the translated letters of the 17th-century correspondent and friend of Descartes, Princess Elisabeth. Her questions provoked Descartes to think about ethics and the passions. The volume contains a running commentary on the historical, biographical and intellectual context.