# The 1663 Index listing of Descartes's works is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban

Date: 1663

## The fact

In 1663 Descartes's works were listed on the Index. That listing is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban. René Descartes's documented role is: He died in 1650. The Index of 1663 is later church. Storing it as 1637 would fake a date. High confidence on the later date.

## Context

The 1633 withholding is the lifetime speech-constraint. The setting of The 1663 Index listing of Descartes's works is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban is the public file around 1663-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver justice-[judicial-independence](/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion)-erosion is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Shared responsibility is part of The 1663 Index listing of Descartes's works is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban. Naming René Descartes does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1663-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Britannica — René Descartes, later condemnation / Index neighbourhood at https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes (Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, later reception and Index neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Britannica — René Descartes, later condemnation / Index neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes; Encyclopaedia Britannica). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, later reception and Index neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Official or archival record: Britannica — René Descartes, later condemnation / Index neighbourhood (https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes; Encyclopaedia Britannica).

## Significance

Worsening path from The 1663 Index listing of Descartes's works is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban on 1663-01-01. The welfare reading on this path is worsening.

## What is established and what is not

Established: a sourced public record of The 1663 Index listing of Descartes's works is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban under 1663-01-01 for René Descartes. Established: a sourced public record of The 1663 Index listing of Descartes's works is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban under 1663-01-01.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. The Index is later church not 1637. Do not merge with Galileo 1633 as Descartes's trial. Mixed effects of The 1663 Index listing of Descartes's works is later church action, not a 1637 act of the Discourse and not his autograph ban are separate paths.

The welfare reading used in this dossier is worsening. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

## People

- René Descartes: https://factrail.ai/people/rene-descartes

## Drivers

- Judicial independence erosion (court capture): https://factrail.ai/drivers/justice-judicial-independence-erosion

## Sources

- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Rene-Descartes

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/des-index-1663