1637 ⟶ Descartes Publishes Discours de la Méthode

René Descartes publishes Discours de la Méthode ("The Discou...
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📜 Bishop Tempier Condemns Aristotelian Propositions

Passage of the last and most important of the Paris Condemnations by Bishop Tempier, which banned a number of Aristotelian propositions⟶
Bishop Tempier Condemns Aristotelian Propositions (1277)
Medieval PhilosophyAristotleTheologyCatholicismScholasticismIntellectual History
FranceFrance

🧠 Birth of Philosopher René Descartes

Birth of René Descartes.⟶
Birth of Philosopher René Descartes (1596)
RenaissanceMathematicsPhilosophyScientific RevolutionRationalismMetaphysicsEpistemology
FranceFrance

✍️ Descartes Publishes Discours de la Méthode

René Descartes publishes Discours de la Méthode ("The Discourse on the Method") in French.⟶
Descartes Publishes Discours de la Méthode (1637)
PhilosophyScientific RevolutionRationalismEpistemologyMetaphysicsEnlightenment
FranceFrance

🤔 Descartes Publishes Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes publishes Meditationes de prima philosophia Meditations on First Philosophy.⟶
Descartes Publishes Meditations on First Philosophy (1641)
PhilosophyEnlightenmentRationalismMetaphysicsEpistemologyScientific Revolution

📚 Publication Begins of the French Encyclopédie

1785: The French Encyclopédie⟶
Publication Begins of the French Encyclopédie (1751)
EnlightenmentKnowledgeScientific RevolutionPhilosophyIntellectual History
FranceFrance