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'''''Principles of Philosophy''''' (''Principia philosophiae'') was written in Latin by [[René Descartes]] 1644. Descartes hoped to replace [[Aristotle]]'s philosophy and Scholastic Philosophy at the Universities.
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A French translation, ''Principes de philosophie'', by Claude Picot, under the supervision of Descartes, appeared in  1647 with a letter-preface to Queen Christina of Sweden.
'''''Principles of Philosophy''''' (''Principia philosophiae'') was written in Latin by [[René Descartes]] 1644 as a textbook of philosophy and what we now call science.  Descartes hoped to replace the [[Aristotle|Aristotelian]] philosophy of the [[Scholasticism|Scholastics]] at universities.  


Principia philosophiae is divided into four parts:
A French translation, ''Principes de philosophie,'' was prepared by Claude Picot, under the supervision of Descartes, and appeared in 1647 with a letter-preface to Queen Christina of Sweden.
 
The ''Principles'' is divided into four parts:


#The principles of the human knowledge
#The principles of the human knowledge

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Principles of Philosophy (Principia philosophiae) was written in Latin by René Descartes 1644 as a textbook of philosophy and what we now call science. Descartes hoped to replace the Aristotelian philosophy of the Scholastics at universities.

A French translation, Principes de philosophie, was prepared by Claude Picot, under the supervision of Descartes, and appeared in 1647 with a letter-preface to Queen Christina of Sweden.

The Principles is divided into four parts:

  1. The principles of the human knowledge
  2. The principles of the material things
  3. An objective study of the composition of the universe
  4. A study of the structure of the land.