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6 days ago · This paper focuses on Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia's philosophical views as exhibited in her early correspondence with Rene Descartes. Elisabeth's criticisms of Descartes's interactionism as well as her solution to the problem of mind-body inter-action are examined in detail. The aim here is to develop a richer picture of Elisabeth
2 days ago · Descartes began (through Alfonso Polloti, an Italian general in Dutch service) a six-year correspondence with Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, devoted mainly to moral and psychological subjects. Connected with this correspondence, in 1649 he published Les Passions de l'âme ( The Passions of the Soul ), which he dedicated to the Princess.
2 days ago · Descartes himself struggled to come up with a feasible answer to this problem. In his letter to Elisabeth of Bohemia, Princess Palatine, he suggested that spirits interacted with the body through the pineal gland, a small gland in the centre of the brain, between the two hemispheres.
May 7, 2024 · Elisabeth, Princess of Bohemia, “Elisabeth to Descartes, [The Hague] 6 May, 1643,” in Lisa Shapiro (ed. and tr.), The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and René Descartes, Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 2007, 61-62. DOI: 10.7208/9780226204444.
Apr 25, 2024 · After she had exhausted her tutors, Elisabeth of Bohemia – nicknamed ‘La Grecque’ by her family for her love of philosophy – found a willing interlocutor in René Descartes. In his Principia Philosophiae (1644), Descartes wrote that Elisabeth was the ‘only person I have so far found who has completely understood all my previously ...
- February 29, 2024
May 15, 2024 · Rene Descartes sits across from a stern-faced woman, Elisabeth of Bohemia, a renowned philosopher and correspondent. Elisabeth: Monsieur Descartes, your “Meditations” have caused quite a stir. However, I find myself grappling with the implications of your method of doubt.
Apr 15, 2024 · Algebraic solutions to Apollonius' problem were pioneered in the 17th century by René Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia, although their solutions were rather complex. Practical algebraic methods were developed in the late 18th and 19th centuries by several mathematicians, including Leonhard Euler , [27] Nicolas Fuss , [9] Carl ...
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