Regulae ad directionem ingenii

Regulae ad directionem ingenii (German: rules for aligning the power of knowledge or rules for guiding the mind ) is an unfinished work by René Descartes , which he began in 1619 and which was originally supposed to include 35 rules, but was ultimately limited to 21. The fragment laid the basis for his later work on complex problems of mathematics , science and philosophy and in particular the Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison , published anonymously in 1637 .

The first 12 rules deal with the scientific method he proposed in general; its content was elaborated in more detail in later works.

literature

• Douglas Burnham and James Fieser: René Descartes (1596-1650) . In: Internet Encyclopaedia of Philosophy . Retrieved May 24, 2010.

New editions

• René Descartes: Regulae ad directionem ingenii Cogitationes privatae. Meiner, Hamburg 2011. ISBN 978-3-7873-1981-7
• Descartes, R .: Rules for the Direction of the Mind . Bobbs-Merrill Co, June 2000, ISBN 0-672-60334-9 .

Web links

Wikisource: Rules for the Direction of the Mind  - Sources and full texts (English)