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Editorial notes explain how brackets, added passages, bullets, ellipses, and omitted segments should be read so the structure and argumentative flow remain clear. The material also documents practical details such as where letters were written across key dates from 1643 onward, including variations in locations and the author’s travel.","Correspondence between Descartes and Princess Elisabeth  \nRené Descartes and Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia  \nCopyright © Jonathan Bennett 2017 . All rights reserved  \n[Brackets] enclose editorial explanations. Small ·dots · enclose material that has been added, but can be read as though it were part of the original text. Occasional •bullets, and also indenting of passages that are not quotations, are meant as aids to grasping the structure of a sentence or a thought. Every four-point ellipsis . . . . indicates theomission of a brief passage that seems to present more difficulty than it is worth. Longer omissions are reported on, between [brackets], in normal-sized type. This version aims mainly to present the philosophical content of the correspondence; though after the philosophical content stops, a continuing dramatic triangle—philosopher, queen, princess—is too interesting to pass up entirely. But much material has been omitted; it can be found in Lisa Shapiro's informative edition (Chicago University Press, 2007) . Titles and other honorifics are omitted;  \nand Descartes will be made to use `you' and `your' where in fact he always used `your Highness' and `she' and `her'. Also omitted: the signing-off flourishes—usually (from Descartes) `your very humble and very obedient servant' and (from Elisabeth) `Your very affectionate friend at your service'; and also, in some letters, a penultimate sentence whose only role is to lead into the closing flourish.—Place: Elisabeth writes from The Hague in all her letters (with one exception) through vii.1646, from Berlin through 5 xii.1647, and then from Crossen. All of Descartes' letters are written from Egmond (Holland) except for two from France in vii.1644, one from The Hague [in 6.vi.1647](in 6.vi.1647) , one from Paris vi.1648) and one last letter from Stockholm. Strictly speaking, Descartes lived and wrote at different times in two small towns called Egmond-something.  \nFirst launched: October 2009  \nContents  \nLetters written in 1643 and 1664 1  \nElisabeth writes on 6.v.1643: ..................................................... 1  \nDescartes writes on 21.v.1643: ................................................... 2  \nElisabeth writes on [10.vi.1643: .................................................... 4](10.vi.1643: .................................................... 4)  \nDescartes writes [on 28.vi.1643: ................................................... 5](on 28.vi.1643: ................................................... 5)  \n[Elisabeth writes on 1.vii.1643: ...................................................](Elisabeth writes on 1.vii.1643: ...................................................). 7  \nThe letters of xi.1643: ......................................................... 8  \nDescartes writes on 8.vii.1644: ................................................... 8  \nDescartes writes in Latin in vii.1644 ................................................ 9  \nElisabeth writes on 1.viii.1644: ................................................... 10  \nDescartes writes in viii.1644: ..................................................... 11  \nDescartes writes on 18.v.1645 .................................................... 12  \nLetters written in 1645 14  \nElisabeth writes on 24.v.1645: .................................................... 14  \nDescartes writes in v or vi.1645: .................................................. 15  \nElisabeth writes [on 22.vi.1645: ................................................... 16](on 22.vi.1645: ................................................... 16)  \n[Descartes writes in vi.1645: .....................................................](Descartes writes in vi.1645: .....................................................). 17  \nDescartes writes on 21.vii.1645: ................................................... 17  \nDescartes writes on 4.viii.1645: ................................................... 18  \nElisabeth writes on 16.viii.1645: ...........","cbCaivgeRbB0bPhy","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaivgeRbB0bPhy","pdf",109233,3,1,16,"English","en",105,"# Contents\n## Letters written in 1643 and 1664\n## Letters written in 1645\n## Letters written in 1646\n## Letters written in 1647–9","[{\"question\":\"What kind of content does the correspondence emphasize?\",\"answer\":\"The edition primarily presents the philosophical content exchanged between Descartes and Princess Elisabeth.\"},{\"question\":\"How do the editorial brackets and dots affect reading?\",\"answer\":\"Brackets enclose editorial explanations, small dots mark inserted material that can be read as part of the original, and bullets/indentation help interpret sentence structure and thought.\"},{\"question\":\"Where were the letters written according to the provided notes?\",\"answer\":\"Elisabeth writes from The Hague through vii.1646, then from Berlin and later from Crossen; 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