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'''Claude Clerselier''' (1614, in [[Paris]] – 1684, in Paris) was a [[France|French]] editor and translator.
'''Claude Clerselier''' (1614, in [[Paris]] – 1684, in Paris) was a [[France|French]] editor and translator.


Clerselier edited and translated several works by [[René Descartes]], especially 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. <!---Il eut pour gendre [[Jacques Rohault]], dont il publia les ''Œuvres posthumes'', 1682.--->
Clerselier was a lawyer in the [[Parliament of Paris|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 liason for Descartes and Queen Christina of Sweden.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Antoine-Mahut|first=Delphine|date=2015/01|title=Clerselier, Claude (1614–1684)|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/cambridge-descartes-lexicon/clerselier-claude-16141684/EDE987CCF8152EAD77D47729D0BC32AD|access-date=2020-07-05|website=The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon|language=en}}</ref> He was the editor of the first French edition of [[René Descartes]] and went on to edit and translate several works by Descartes,<ref>{{Cite book|last=Hedley|first=Douglas|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EEuT5EU-dBsC&pg=PA162&lpg=PA162&dq=Claude+Clerselier&source=bl&ots=PmhOyr-0P5&sig=ACfU3U3RDMYa57DCVj43_pAqDiUAqZRidg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjQusnl47XqAhUqxoUKHXxZBaY4ChDoATAAegQICBAB#v=onepage&q=Claude%20Clerselier&f=false|title=Platonism at the Origins of Modernity: Studies on Platonism and Early Modern Philosophy|last2=Hutton|first2=Sarah|date=2007-12-22|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-1-4020-6407-4|language=en}}</ref> especially 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.<!---Il eut pour gendre [[Jacques Rohault]], dont il publia les ''Œuvres posthumes'', 1682.--->
== Sources ==
== Sources ==
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* Trevor McClaughlin, "Claude Clerselier's Attestation of Descartes's Religious Orthodoxy" in ''Journal of Religious History'', n° 20, June 1980, pp.&nbsp;136–46.
* Trevor McClaughlin, "Claude Clerselier's Attestation of Descartes's Religious Orthodoxy" in ''Journal of Religious History'', n° 20, June 1980, pp.&nbsp;136–46.
* See also ''Inventaire après décès de Claude Clerselier'', [[Archives nationales (France)|Archives nationales]], Minutier Central, Étude XXXIX, liasse 159, 10 January 1685.(via T.McC.)
* See also ''Inventaire après décès de Claude Clerselier'', [[Archives nationales (France)|Archives nationales]], Minutier Central, Étude XXXIX, liasse 159, 10 January 1685.(via T.McC.)

==References==
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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 liason for Descartes and Queen Christina of Sweden.[1] He was the editor of the first French edition of René Descartes and went on to edit and translate several works by Descartes,[2] especially 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.

Sources

Public Domain This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Bouillet, Marie-Nicolas; Chassang, Alexis, eds. (1878). Dictionnaire Bouillet (in French). {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

  • Delphine Antoine-Mahut, "Claude Clerselier (1614-1684)", in: The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon, Dir. Larry Nolan, Cambridge University Press, 2015.
  • Trevor McClaughlin, "Claude Clerselier's Attestation of Descartes's Religious Orthodoxy" in Journal of Religious History, n° 20, June 1980, pp. 136–46.
  • See also Inventaire après décès de Claude Clerselier, Archives nationales, Minutier Central, Étude XXXIX, liasse 159, 10 January 1685.(via T.McC.)

References

  1. ^ Antoine-Mahut, Delphine (2015/01). "Clerselier, Claude (1614–1684)". The Cambridge Descartes Lexicon. Retrieved 2020-07-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |date= (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.
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