# Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts

Date: 1641

## The fact

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. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Driver edu-[digital-learning-access](/drivers/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.

## Evidence and sources

Official locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Meditations at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/ (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent locator: Project Gutenberg — Meditations as later English carrier at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23306 (Project Gutenberg). Official carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Meditations (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Independent carrier: Project Gutenberg — Meditations as later English carrier (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23306; Project Gutenberg).

Official or archival record: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Descartes, Meditations (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

## Significance

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.

## What is established and what is not

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.

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. Do not split six meditations into six Facts. Objections are part of this public book-cluster. Mixed effects of Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is a public Latin treatise with objections and replies, one book not six twin-Facts are separate paths.

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

## People

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

## Sources

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/23306
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/descartes/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/des-meditations-1641