Descartes: A Biography (Paperback)

1. A lawyer's education; 2. In search of a career (1612?22); 3. Magic and mechanism: Paris (1622?8); 4. A fabulous world (1629?33); 5. The scientific essays and the Discourse on Method (1633?7); 6. Retreat and defence (1637?9); 7. Metaphysics in a hornet's nest (1639?42); 8. The French liar's monkey and the Utrecht crisis; 9. Descartes and Princess Elizabeth; 10. The Principles of Philosophy (1644); 11. The quarrel and final rift with Regius; 12. Once more into battle: the Leiden theologians (1647); 13. Thoughts of retirement; 14. Death in Sweden; Appendix 1. Descartes' principal works; Appendix 2. Places where Descartes lived; Bibliography.