This outstanding volume collects 18 essays on René Descartes’ L’Homme, the physiological treatise he wrote around 1632–33, which was published posthumously in 1662 in a Latin translation and in 1664 in the original French. These two editions vary significantly, and the text has had a tortuous history. In shedding new light on this history, the volume significantly contributes to the understanding of Descartes’ physiology and its position within his own philosophy of nature and early-modern medicine more broadly.
Descartes' treatise on man and its reception [Recensione] / F. Baldassarri. - In: BRITISH JOURNAL FOR THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY. - ISSN 0960-8788. - 26:6(2018), pp. 1234-1236. [10.1080/09608788.2018.1440372]
Descartes' treatise on man and its reception
F. Baldassarri
2018
Abstract
This outstanding volume collects 18 essays on René Descartes’ L’Homme, the physiological treatise he wrote around 1632–33, which was published posthumously in 1662 in a Latin translation and in 1664 in the original French. These two editions vary significantly, and the text has had a tortuous history. In shedding new light on this history, the volume significantly contributes to the understanding of Descartes’ physiology and its position within his own philosophy of nature and early-modern medicine more broadly.
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