Rule of Portugal
The Cortes offers the Portuguese throne to Louis XIII
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1641 in France
Explore 24 historical events and records for France in 1641.
Historical records for France in 1641
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January
July
Battle of Marfee
The Comte de Soissons wins a victory, but is killed in battle
Invasion of France
The Comte de Soissons wins a victory but is killed in battle
Invasion of France
The Comte de Soissons invades France with Spanish help
September
Ordination as Priest
Arnauld is ordained a priest while beginning the period that establishes his intellectual reputation.
Other events (month unknown)
Descartes Answers Arnauld On Circular Reasoning
Antoine Arnauld questioned whether Descartes relied circularly on divine reliability and clear perception. Their exchange became a key source for later discussion of the Cartesian circle.
Descartes Debates Gassendi About The Mind
Pierre Gassendi pressed objections from an empiricist perspective to Descartes's metaphysical arguments. The dispute revealed competing accounts of how knowledge of the self is possible.
Descartes Defends Clear And Distinct Perception
The Meditations treats clear and distinct understanding as a candidate standard of truth. Descartes connected its reliability with the idea that a perfect God would not systematically deceive.
Descartes Distinguishes Thinking From Extension
Descartes characterized mind through thought and body through spatial extension. This distinction became foundational for subsequent disputes over consciousness and physical causation.
Descartes Introduces Evil Demon Hypothesis
The First Meditation asks readers to imagine a deceiver powerful enough to undermine apparent knowledge. This thought experiment sharpens methodological doubt before the search for secure conclusions.
Descartes Responds To Hobbes Materialist Objections
Thomas Hobbes challenged Cartesian arguments about mind and existence in objections circulated with the Meditations. Descartes's replies defended the difference between thinking substance and corporeal explanation.
Descartes Uses Wax Example For Intellect
The Second Meditation examines how a piece of wax remains recognized despite changing sensible qualities. Descartes used it to argue that intellectual judgment is not reducible to the senses.
Fifth Objections to Descartes
Gassendi contributes the Fifth Objections to Descartes's Meditations, challenging Cartesian metaphysics.
First Meditation
Descartes uses systematic doubt to question beliefs derived from sensation and ordinary experience.
Foundations of Science
Descartes presents metaphysical arguments intended to secure the possibility of reliable scientific knowledge.
Fourth Objections to Descartes
Arnauld writes the Fourth Objections to Descartes's Meditations and enters major European philosophical debate.
I think therefore I am
Publication of "Meditations on First philosophy", states "I think therefore I am"
Meditations on
Publication of "Meditations on First philosophy", states "I think therefore I am"
Meditations on First philosophy
Publication of "Meditations on First philosophy", states "I think therefore I am"
Meditations on First Philosophy
The first Latin edition of the Meditations on First Philosophy is published in Paris.
Mind and Body
The Meditations distinguishes thinking mind from extended matter and reshapes later metaphysical debate.
Parliament
Forbids Parliament to take part in the affairs of State
Second Meditation
Descartes argues that the certainty of thinking establishes the existence of the thinking self.
Treaty Negotiations at Paris
The Marquise de Cinq-Mars makes a secret Treaty with Spain
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