Principles of Philosophy

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Cartesianism

Rationalism

Foundationalism

Doubt & Certainty

Dream argument

Cogito ergo sum

Trademark argument

Mind-body dichotomy

Analytic geometry

Coordinate system

Cartesian circle

Folium

Rule of signs

Cartesian diver

Balloonist theory

Works

The World

Discourse on the Method

La Géométrie

Meditations on First Philosophy

Principles of Philosophy

Passions of the Soul

Notable People

Christina of Sweden

Baruch Spinoza

Gottfried Leibniz

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Principles of Philosophy (Principia philosophiae) was written in Latin by René Descartes. Published in 1644, it was intended to replace Aristotle's philosophy and traditional Scholastic Philosophy then used in Universities.