• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the texts; The World and other writings: 1. The Treatise on Light; 2. Discourse 2 of the Dioptrics; 3. Discourse 8 of the Meteors; 4. The Treatise on Man; 5. Description of the Human Body; Index.

"...an important addition to Descartes scholarship and required reading for those working on Descartes and the history of science." Russell Wahl, Philosophy in Review

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the texts; The World and other writings: 1. The Treatise on Light; 2. Discourse 2 of the Dioptrics; 3. Discourse 8 of the Meteors; 4. The Treatise on Man; 5. Description of the Human Body; Index.

"...an important addition to Descartes scholarship and required reading for those working on Descartes and the history of science." Russell Wahl, Philosophy in Review

• Acknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Further reading; Note on the texts; The World and other writings: 1. The Treatise on Light; 2. Discourse 2 of the Dioptrics; 3. Discourse 8 of the Meteors; 4. The Treatise on Man; 5. Description of the Human Body; Index.

"...an important addition to Descartes scholarship and required reading for those working on Descartes and the history of science." Russell Wahl, Philosophy in Review