Specimina Philosophi{u0E9F}bseu Dissertatio de methodo, Rect{u1960}regend{u0CA1}tionis, & veritatis in scientiis investigand{uA804}ioptrice et Meteora / seu Dissertatio de methodo, Rect{u1960}regend{u0CA1}tionis, & veritatis in scientiis investigand{uA804}ioptrice et Meteora / Ex Gallico translata, & ab Auctore perlecta, variisque in locis emendata, Renati Descartes.

'First published by Louis Elzevier in 1644. Republished by Elsevier B.V. in 2014.'

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RenDescartes' (1596-1650) Specimina Philosophiae was published by the Amsterdam Elzeviers in 1644. In the introduction the work, Descartes authorized it as a faithful Latin translation of Discourse on the Method, which was originally published in French in 1637. The Latin version, however, reached a much wider audience and remained an influential title until the 19th century. It contains the famous phrase'cogito ergo sum':'I think, therefore I am'. The Elzeviers were the first to publish the Latin editions of all of Descartes' works.

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