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- Title
Descartes's `Lettre Apologetique aux Magistrat's d'Utrecht: New facts and materials.
- Authors
Bos, Erik-Jan
- Abstract
Focuses on a new date and a new account of the history of Rene Descartes's `Lettre Apologetique.' Attention given to the Dutch version of the text which Descartes sent to the Utrecht Vroedschap; Short survey of Descartes dispute with Gisbertus Voetius, a professor at the University of Utrecht; Descartes's underestimation of his opponent and misjudgement of the political climate in Utrecht.
- Subjects
NETHERLANDS; UTRECHT (Netherlands); DESCARTES, Rene, 1596-1650; VOETIUS, Gisbertus; RIJKSUNIVERSITEIT te Utrecht
- Publication
Journal of the History of Philosophy, 1999, Vol 37, Issue 3, p415
- ISSN
0022-5053
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hph.2008.0873