Queen Christine of Sweden

Listening to a geometrical demonstration by Descartes

-From the painting by Dumesnil

DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD OF RIGHTLY CONDUCTING THE
REASON AND SEEKING THE TRUTH IN THE SCIENCES

BY RENE Descartes

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Letter VII-On the Socinians, or Arians, or Antitrinitarians

Letter VIII-On the Parliament

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86

Letter XVII-On Infinites in Geometry, and Sir Isaac

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Letter XX-On Such of the Nobility as Cultivate the

Belles Lettres .

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