{"id":83,"date":"2024-02-25T21:04:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T21:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/grid38.com\/?page_id=83"},"modified":"2024-09-19T18:22:12","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T18:22:12","slug":"rene-descartes-1724-les-meditations-metaphysiques-book-fragment","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/grid38.com\/index.php\/turning-points-in-history\/rene-descartes-1724-les-meditations-metaphysiques-book-fragment\/","title":{"rendered":"Turning Points in History: Ren\u00e9 Descartes &#8211; 1724 &#8220;Les M\u00e9ditations M\u00e9taphysiques&#8221; Book Fragment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div 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has-text-align-center has-xx-large-font-size\">Own a Piece of History!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Our comprehensive suite of professionals caters to a diverse team, ranging from seasoned architects to renowned engineers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-4935966c wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-right:0;padding-left:0\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-21d4e958 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"> <strong>FRONT<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Front 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wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-center is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-21d4e958 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"> <strong>Detail<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">Detail View<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-669513ed wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns alignwide is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1da03c2a wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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College, La Fleche, France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1616 &#8211; Graduated law University of Poitiers, France<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1618 &#8211; Met with Isaac Beeckman in Breda, The Netherlands<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1628 to 1649 &#8211; Living in Netherlands: <em>Middelburg, 1629 Franeker, 1630 Leiden, 1634 Amsterdam, 1642 Castle Endegeest, 1643 Egmond-Binnen<\/em> &#8212; All major works were written in this time period<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1649 &#8211; Stockholm, invitation Queen Christina Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1650 &#8211; Died of pneumonia, buried Chanut, Sweden<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1663 &#8211; Works on &#8216;Index of Prohibited Books&#8217; by The Pope<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1671 &#8211; Louis XIV prohibited all lectures in Cartesianism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1724 &#8211; The paper book page fragment was printed &gt;&gt;&gt;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"font-size:clamp(0.875rem, 0.875rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 0.542), 1.2rem);\">1819 &#8211; Reburied in Abbey of Saint-Germain-de-Pr\u00e9s, France<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-9fe8ed88 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-0733e5d0\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div 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style=\"flex-basis:40%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The other side of the acrylic time capsule<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>On the other side you can see the other side of <strong>the in 1724 printed fragment of the book <em>&#8220;Les M\u00e9ditations M\u00e9taphysiques&#8221; (Metaphysical Meditations)<\/em><\/strong> written by famous philosopher Descartes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Also it has a modern information sheet with a picture of Ren\u00e9 Descartes and one of his famous quotes <em>&#8220;Cogito, ergo sum.&#8221;<\/em> and another wise quote by Descartes <em>&#8220;It is not enough to have a good mind. The main thing is to use it well.&#8221;<\/em>, Ren\u00e9 Descartes (Renatus Cartesius) 31 March 1596 &#8211; 11 February 1650.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\">More info<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide has-base-2-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-radius:16px;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Turning Points in History &#8211; Ren\u00e9 Descartes<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-f95ffa09 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\">\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-base-color has-contrast-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a3a1835cbe56eb69b669c8ef11c15c6d has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-d89aad35 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-base-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-c9b5699bdecff18878afa112249018b5\" style=\"font-size:clamp(4.509rem, 4.509rem + ((1vw - 0.2rem) * 9.152), 10rem);letter-spacing:-0.02em\">FAQs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\">\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-text-color has-base-color has-alpha-channel-opacity has-base-background-color has-background is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-arrow-icon-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;margin-top:0\"><summary>Is the paper really 300 years old and printed in the year 1724? And what is its size?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-contrast-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-84135ebd82e785f56c87cee3ae594947\">Yes, the paper fragment is printed in the year 1724, that makes it 300 years old, very near to the time period in which Descartes lived! The paper comes from an incomplete and damaged book version of <em>&#8220;Les M\u00e9ditations M\u00e9taphysiques&#8221; (Metaphysical Meditations)<\/em> by philosopher Ren\u00e9 Decartes printed in the year 1724 by French book printer &#8220;Pierre Morisset&#8221; in the city of Paris. The size of the paper fragment is: +- 2,5 x 2,0 inches \/ +- 6,5 x 5,0 cm. The other info sheet with the dates and other information on Ren\u00e9 Descartes is of course modern printed paper..<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-arrow-icon-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;margin-top:0\"><summary>Why does every paper fragment look different?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-contrast-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-86ed41a42ec94dd537ba88d509355a0c\">Each paper fragment comes from one antique, incomplete version of &#8220;Les M\u00e9ditations M\u00e9taphysiques&#8221; (Metaphysical Meditations) printed in the year 1724. A different paper fragment from each page (each page in the book is different) in the book is carefully removed and inserted inside the acrylic capsule.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-arrow-icon-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;margin-top:0\"><summary>What was &#8220;Les M\u00e9ditations M\u00e9taphysiques&#8221; (Metaphysical Meditations) about?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-contrast-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-b3d65c73c4eb4fae88b7520a172d3713\">It is a philosophical treatise by Ren\u00e9 Descartes first published in Latin in 1641 (title: Meditationes de Prima Philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et anim\u00e6 immortalitas demonstratur). The French translation was published in 1647 as &#8220;M\u00e9ditations M\u00e9taphysiques&#8221;. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things that are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. He wrote the meditations as if he had meditated for six days: each meditation refers to the last one as &#8220;yesterday&#8221;. (In fact, Descartes began work on the Meditations in 1639.) The book is one of the most influential philosophical texts ever written, and it is widely read to this day. The book consists of the presentation of Descartes&#8217; metaphysical system at its most detailed level and in the expanding of his philosophical system, first introduced in the fourth part of his Discourse on Method (1637). Descartes&#8217; metaphysical thought is also found in the Principles of Philosophy (1644), which the author intended to be a philosophical guidebook. For more info see: https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Meditations_on_First_Philosophy<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<details class=\"wp-block-details is-style-arrow-icon-details has-medium-font-size is-layout-flow wp-block-details-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-top-style:none;border-top-width:0px;border-right-style:none;border-right-width:0px;border-bottom-color:var(--wp--preset--color--base);border-bottom-style:solid;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-style:none;border-left-width:0px;margin-top:0\"><summary>What is the size of the protective, double sided transparent acrylic &#8220;Time Capsule&#8221;?<\/summary>\n<p class=\"has-contrast-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-ae2366fed3e595ece22e6c2aa15cb91a\">The size of the protective acrylic capsule is: 5,9 x 3,9 inches \/ 15,0 x 10,0 cm.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:0;height:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10)\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Own an Authentic Piece of Important History Own a Piece of History! 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