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Record of Descartes Research

Netherlands · Humanities / Philosophy. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1619Date range
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Chronological records

1619

Isaac Beeckman1619

Breda · Humanities / Philosophy

Beeckman's journal preserved evidence of Descartes's early mathematical and natural-philosophical work.

Names involved

Isaac Beeckman

Provenance

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