Principia Philosophiae

Author

René Descartes

Language

Neo-Latin

Year

1644

Country

France

Genre

Nonfiction Book (Treatise, History, Biography, or Book-Length Essay)

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Principles of Philosophy is a book by the French philosopher and scientist René Descartes. In essence, it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. It was written in Latin, published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia, with whom Descartes had a long-standing friendship. A French version followed in 1647.