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  2. plato.stanford.edu › entries › elisabeth-bohemiaElisabeth, Princess of Bohemia - Stanford Encyclopedia of ...

    Aug 20, 2013 · Elisabeth, Princess of Bohemia. Elisabeth, Princess Palatine of Bohemia (1618–1680) is most well-known for her extended correspondence with René Descartes, and indeed these letters constitute what we currently know of her extant philosophical writings. In that correspondence, Elisabeth presses Descartes on the relation between the two really ...

  3. people.tamu.edu › ~sdaniel › ElisabethElisabeth of Bohemia (1618-80): Correspondence with Descartes ...

    Elisabeth expressed admiration for Descartes’ writings shortly after their first meeting at The Hague in about 1642. She visited Descartes at his home in Endegeest near Leiden, and from 1643 they wrote to one another for a period of seven years until Descartes’ death in 1650.

  4. digitalcommons.macalester.edu › cgi › viewcontentElizabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes: A Response

    Elizabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes: A Response. Macalester Journal of Philosophy. Volume 11 Issue 1 Spring 2002. Article 5. 3-10-2011. Elizabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes: A Response. Audun Solli. Macalester College. Follow this and additional works at: htp://digitalcommons.macalester.edu/philo. Recommended Citation.

    • Audun Solli
    • 2011

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  6. www.sciencedirect.com › science › articlePrincess Elizabeth of Bohemia and Descartes’ letters (1650 ...

    Aug 1, 2010 · Although Elizabeth refused to have any of her letters to Descartes published, she generously shared with others several letters she had received from Descartes, before their publication by Clerselier. In this article I trace the history of these letters, focusing on the context in which these letters were transmitted.

    • Erik-Jan Bos
    • 2010

  7. cahiers.kingston.ac.uk › synopses › syn6Synopsis of René Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia ...

    Letter III. Elisabeth to Descartes, 10 October 1646. AT 4: 519-524; CpA 6.3:57-60. Now installed in Berlin, Elisabeth begins her letter by remarking that ‘the friendship and caresses of those close to me’ cannot compete with the ‘truths’ that Descartes’ letters bring her, which are more permanent.

  8. link.springer.com › chapter › 10Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia on the Cartesian Mind ...

    Jun 27, 2019 · Princess Elisabeth is perhaps best known today for her challenges to Descartes’ views on mind-body interaction in the correspondence that she conducted from 1643 to 1649 with the French philosopher. 1 In the past, much of the scholarly literature has taken these challenges to derive from what Robert Richardson has dubbed ‘the problem of heteroge...

  9. www.earlymoderntexts.com › assets › pdfsCorrespondence between Descartes and Princess Elisabeth

    Correspondence René Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia 1647–9 Letters written in 1647–9 Elisabeth writes on 21.ii.1647: I value cheerfulness and health as much as you do, although