1643
Correspondence with Princess Elisabeth
Descartes begins corresponding with Princess Elisabeth about mind-body interaction, ethics and the passions.
Historical place archive
Browse historical events and people recorded at Egmond in France. The records below are rendered directly from the World History Database into this page's initial HTML.
Descartes begins corresponding with Princess Elisabeth about mind-body interaction, ethics and the passions.
Descartes completes a working draft explaining emotions through the union of mind and body.
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