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Descartes' 1644 Principia philosophiae (free Google eBook) Selections from the Principles of Philosophy at Project Gutenberg; Principles of Philosophy, modified for easier reading; Principia philosophiae. Amstelodami, apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1644. From the Rare Book and Special Collections Division at the Library of Congress
Her translation was so important that it was the only one in any language used by Newtonian expert I. Bernard Cohen to write his own English version of Newton's Principia. Du Châtelet not only used the works of other great scientists to revise Newton's work, but she added her own thoughts and ideas as a scientist in her own right.
Handwritten manuscript of translation into French of Isaac Newton's Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica. Émilie du Châtelet: 1745–49 October 2015 [168] $1.6 $1.22 Summa de arithmetica. First edition of the first vernacular book on algebra and the first description of double-entry bookkeeping. Luca Pacioli: 1494 June 2019 [169] $1.6 ...
Class P: Language and Literature is a classification used by the Library of Congress Classification system. This page outlines the subclasses of Class P. It contains 19 sub-classifications, 12 of which are dedicated to language families and geographic groups of languages, and 10 sub-classifications of literature (4 subclasses contain both languages and literatures).
contra principia negantem non est disputandum: there can be no debate with those who deny the foundations: Debate is fruitless when you don't agree on common rules, facts, presuppositions. cor ad cor loquitur: heart speaks to heart: From Augustine's Confessions, referring to a prescribed method of prayer: having a "heart to heart" with God.
A French translation of Principia Philosophiae, prepared by Abbot Claude Picot, was published in 1647. This edition was also dedicated to Princess Elisabeth. In the preface to the French edition, Descartes praised true philosophy as a means to attain wisdom. He identifies four ordinary sources to reach wisdom and finally says that there is a ...
The Nation's Library: The Library of Congress, Washington, D. C. (Library of Congress, 2000) Cole, John Young. Jefferson's legacy: a brief history of the Library of Congress (Library of Congress, 1993) Cole, John Young. "The library of congress becomes a world library, 1815–2005." Libraries & culture (2005) 40#3: 385–398. in Project MUSE
A German translation of pt. i. of the ‘View,’ by Salomon Maimon, appeared at Berlin in 1793. Pemberton's book was not remunerative, and was regarded as disappointing; George Lewis Scott, however, recommended it to Edward Gibbon. In 1724 Pemberton assisted Mead in editing William Cowper's Myotomia Reformata. His ‘Scheme for a course of ...