| General introduction | | viii | |
| Chronological table of Descartes` life and works | | xi | |
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| | 1 | (1) |
| | 2 | (7) |
| Rules for the Direction of the Mind |
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| | 7 | (2) |
| Rules for the Direction of the Mind |
| | 9 | (72) |
| | 9 | (1) |
| | 10 | (3) |
| | 13 | (2) |
| | 15 | (5) |
| | 20 | (1) |
| | 21 | (4) |
| | 25 | (3) |
| | 28 | (5) |
| | 33 | (1) |
| | 34 | (3) |
| | 37 | (2) |
| | 39 | (12) |
| | 51 | (5) |
| | 56 | (9) |
| | 65 | (1) |
| | 66 | (4) |
| | 70 | (1) |
| | 71 | (5) |
| | 76 | (1) |
| | 76 | (1) |
| | 76 | (1) |
| | 77 | (2) |
| The World and Treatise on Man |
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| | 79 | (2) |
| The World or Treatise on Light |
| | 81 | (18) |
| | 99 | (12) |
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| | 109 | (2) |
| | 111 | (41) |
| | 111 | (5) |
| | 116 | (6) |
| | 122 | (4) |
| | 126 | (5) |
| | 131 | (10) |
| | 141 | (11) |
| | 152 | (41) |
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| | 177 | (2) |
| Preface to French Edition |
| | 179 | (11) |
| Dedicatory Letter to Elizabeth |
| | 190 | (3) |
| | 193 | (101) |
| Part One: The Principles of Human Knowledge |
| | 193 | (30) |
| Part Two: The Principles of Material Things |
| | 223 | (25) |
| Part Three: The Visible Universe |
| | 248 | (19) |
| | 267 | (26) |
| Comments on a Certain Broadsheet |
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| | 293 | (1) |
| Comments on a Certain Broadsheet |
| | 294 | (20) |
| Description of the Human Body |
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| | 313 | (1) |
| Description of the Human Body and of all its Functions |
| | 314 | (14) |
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| | 325 | (1) |
| | 326 | (2) |
| | 328 | (77) |
| Part One: The Passions in General |
| | 328 | (21) |
| Part Two: The Number and Order of the Passions |
| | 349 | (34) |
| Part Three: Specific Passions |
| | 383 | (22) |
| Index | | 405 | |