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Paris
48.857, 2.352 · 1641 CE → 1949 CE
- 1641Publication
The first Latin edition is published in Paris.
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Meditationes de prima philosophia
René Descartes · 1641 · Paris: Michael Soly, first Latin edition
Locator: Title page and Paris imprint
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- 1641Publication
The Latin Meditations appears in Paris and places the mind-body distinction at center stage.
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René Descartes
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: §1 Intellectual Biography; 1641 publication of Meditations
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- 1942Publication
Published in Paris, The Myth of Sisyphus proposes lucid persistence and revolt rather than suicide before the absurd.
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Albert Camus
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: Bibliography, Le Mythe de Sisyphe, Paris 1942
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- 1949Publication
Published in Paris, The Second Sex relocates the knowing subject in embodiment and situation.
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Simone de Beauvoir
Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
Locator: Bibliography, Le Deuxième Sexe, Paris 1949
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