A Study of the Philosophical Letters of Descartes.

这项研究的结果将总结为以下三点。这是该文本的第一个完整的日文译本。笛卡儿写给伊丽莎白的信大多被翻译成了日文，但伊丽莎白写给笛卡儿的信却几乎被遗忘了，尽管它们也很重要。我相信，这项研究揭示了两者之间的对应关系。(2)这解释了笛卡尔哲学通过对伊丽莎白的批评而得到发展。《伊利莎白书信》表明，她几乎反对笛卡尔的每一个主题，比如著名的身心问题、激情的控制、至善等。但这种严厉的批评给了笛卡尔一个很好的机会来重新思考和发展他的哲学。这是一本很好的历史文献，它展示了17世纪欧洲的生活。书中有许多特定的时代主题，比如温泉、迷信、疾病、宫廷生活、三十年战争等等。这些话题对于我们理解生活在17世纪欧洲的人们的思想和情感非常有用。

The results of this study will be summed up to the next three points.(1) This is the first complete Japanese translation of the text. The letters of Descartes to Elisabeth are mostly translated into Japanese, but the letters of Elisabeth to Descartes, almost forgotten, though they are also importaint. This study throws light, I believe, on the correspondence between the two.(2) This explains a development of the cartesian philosophy through a criticism of Elisabeth. The Letters of Elisabeth shows that she was against almost every cartesian theme, such as the famous mind-body problem, the control of the passions, the supreme goodness and etc. But this severe criticism gave Descartes a good opportunity to reconsider and develop his philosophy.(3) This is a good historical document, which shows a life in the 17th century Europe. There are many specific topics of the epoch, such as a spa, a superstition, the illness, a life in the palace, the 30 Years War, and etc. These topics are very useful for us to understand the mind and the sentiment of the people living in the 17th century Europe.