Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts
In 1641 Descartes published Meditations on First Philosophy as a public Latin treatise with objections and replies. René Descartes's documented role is: He published the Meditations at Paris with appended objections.
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In 1641 Descartes published Meditations on First Philosophy as a public Latin treatise with objections and replies. It is one book, not six twin-Facts. René Descartes's documented role is: He published the Meditations at Paris with appended objections. Mersenne organised objectors. He did not typeset later English.
Context
Mersenne, Arnauld, Hobbes, and Gassendi are named objector-neighbours. Sharing that objection public is required. Dualism-as-later-lock is the cost twin. The setting of Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts is the public file around 1641-01-01. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.
Shared responsibility is part of Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts. Naming René Descartes does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1641-01-01 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.
Why it matters
Improving path from Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts on 1641-01-01. A public meditation-treatise with objections is an education path of high weight. The welfare reading on this path is improving.
Who was responsible
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René Descartes
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He published the Meditations at Paris with appended objections. Mersenne organised objectors. He did not typeset later English.
What changed
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Evidence
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- 1.Project Gutenberg — Meditations as later English carrierProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
- 2.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Dutch yearsStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish
Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Meditations at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Project Gutenberg — Meditations as later English carrier at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23306 (opens in a new tab) (Project Gutenberg). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Meditations (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Project Gutenberg — Meditations as later English carrier (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23306 (opens in a new tab); Project Gutenberg).
Established: a sourced public record of Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts under 1641-01-01 for René Descartes. Established: a sourced public record of Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts under 1641-01-01.
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Factrail. (2026). Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/des-meditations-1641
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