Claude Clerselier

Claude Clerselier (1614, in Paris – 1684, in Paris) was a French editor and translator.

Clerselier was a lawyer in the Parlement of Paris and resident for the King of France in Sweden. He was the brother-in-law of Pierre Chanut, and served as the liaison between René Descartes and Queen Christina of Sweden.^[1] He was Descartes's literary executor and edited and translated several works by Descartes, including his letters (Paris, 1657, 1659 et 1667), L'Homme, et un Traité de la formation du fœtus du mesme auteur avec les remarques de Louys de La Forge, 1664, L'Homme...et...Le Monde, 1667, and his Principes, 1681.^[2]^[3]^[4]

^ Antoine-Mahut, Delphine (January 2015). "Clerselier, Claude (1614–1684)". In Nolan, Lawrence (ed.). The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon. pp. 126–128. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511894695.055. ISBN 978-0-511-89469-5. Retrieved 5 July 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)
^ Hedley, Douglas; Hutton, Sarah (22 December 2007). Platonism at the Origins of Modernity: Studies on Platonism and Early Modern Philosophy. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4020-6407-4.
^ Ariew, Roger (2003). "Review of La recherche de la vérité par la lumière naturelle de René Descartes. Edited by Ettore Lojacono with Erik Jan Bos, Franco A. Meschini, and Francesco Saita. (Filosofia e Scienza nel Cinquecento e nel Seicento.) Milan: Franco-Angeli, 2002". Isis. 94 (4): 723. doi:10.1086/386438. ISSN 0021-1753.
^ Agostini, Siegrid; religieuses, École pratique des hautes études (Paris) Section des sciences (2007). Claude Clerselier, editore e traduttore di René Descartes (in Italian).

[1] Antoine-Mahut, Delphine (January 2015). "Clerselier, Claude (1614–1684)". In Nolan, Lawrence (ed.). The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon. pp. 126–128. doi:10.1017/CBO9780511894695.055. ISBN 978-0-511-89469-5. Retrieved 5 July 2020. {{cite book}}: |website= ignored (help)

[2] Hedley, Douglas; Hutton, Sarah (22 December 2007). Platonism at the Origins of Modernity: Studies on Platonism and Early Modern Philosophy. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 978-1-4020-6407-4.

[3] Ariew, Roger (2003). "Review of La recherche de la vérité par la lumière naturelle de René Descartes. Edited by Ettore Lojacono with Erik Jan Bos, Franco A. Meschini, and Francesco Saita. (Filosofia e Scienza nel Cinquecento e nel Seicento.) Milan: Franco-Angeli, 2002". Isis. 94 (4): 723. doi:10.1086/386438. ISSN 0021-1753.

[4] Agostini, Siegrid; religieuses, École pratique des hautes études (Paris) Section des sciences (2007). Claude Clerselier, editore e traduttore di René Descartes (in Italian).

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