Descartes: A Biography

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 Notes to Pages–

.He apologized for a delay in replying to a letter from Mersenne on March

because he was in the process of moving; Descartes to Mersenne,June

(iii.). OnMarch,hetold Mersenne that he had moved from Leiden,

although it was not necessary to change the address on letters since the messenger

knew where he lived (iii.–). By April,hewas writing to Huygens from

Endegeest (iii.–).

.Descartes to Mersenne,March(iii.–).

.Huygens sent letters addressed to Descartes to Van Hogelande’s house in Leiden,

July;April(iii.,). Descartes wrote to De Wilhem,June

, that he and Van Hogelande would go to Gillot’s house onJune, thereby

suggesting that Descartes was not living with Gillot at that time.

.Descartes to De Wilhem,June(iii.). Johanna died in.

.Descartes to De Wilhem,June(iii.).

.He died onOctober. Baillet reports that he was buried in the Church of the

Franciscans at Nantes,October, and that Descartes had written to him

onOctober, ten days after he died. Baillet (), ii..

.Descartes appointed Jacques Bouexic de la Villeneuve as his legal representative

in Rennes after his father’s death. See Baillet (), ii., and Descartes (),

; Descartes to Pollot,December(v.).

.Descartes to Mersenne,September(iii.) andMarch, (iii.).

.Descartes to Mersenne,March, where he refers to a ‘counsellor and the

others who wish to come to visit’ (iii.). The ‘counsellor’ may have been

Jacques Vallee des Barreaux ( ́ –). OnJune, Descartes wrote to

Mersenne: ‘Mr. Picot is here at Leiden and seems to want to remain there. We

often meet together. His two companions come and go and I think they will return

to France soon’ (iii.).

.ForPicot and his friends Jacques Vall ́ee des Barreaux (–), Damien

Milton (–), and Jacques Bordier (†), see Descartes (),–.

.Descartes to Huygens,December(v.).

.Descartes to Mersenne,January(iii.) andMarch(iii.).

.The castle had been occupied by Nicolas van Schouwen until his death in.

It was inherited by his nephew, Pieter van Foreest van Schouwen, in March

. Since he was living in Rome and still a minor, he could not officially assume

ownership until he reached the age of twenty-five. However, he died onJanuary

, before reaching his legal maturity. Descartes evidently rented the castle

during this period when there was only a provisional owner. For information on

the Schouwen family, see v.–.

.Baillet (), ii..

.Descartes to Mersenne,January(iii.–);June(iii.);

August(iii.);August(iii.–);September(iii.).

.Descartes to Mersenne,January(iii.).

.Descartes to Mersenne,March(iii.), and Descartes to Huygens,

March(iii.).

.Descartes to Meyssonnier,January(iii.), and Descartes to Mersenne,

April(iii.).