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Imho, this article is ill-suited for Wikisource since it is in English rather than in the original French or Latin (don't even know what language it was written in!) Caesarion 12:58, 13 Apr 2005 (UTC)

This article has been kept after this VFD debate. Sjakkalle (Check!) 12:46, 16 August 2005 (UTC) reply

Per this source: [1] Descartes already started working on the text in 1620, "worked on and off on it for years until it was finally abandoned for good in 1628". -- Proofreader ( talk) 11:46, 4 June 2023 (UTC) reply