Dalle Regulae alle Meditationes attraverso la dottrina delle verità eterne

The aim of this article is to analyze the distinction between the Regulae’s and the Meditationes’ conception of the mind in relation to the doctrine of eternal truths. To do this, after recalling and discussing the content of this doctrine in the first paragraph, in the second I consider its application in the physics of Le Monde. Finally, in the last part, I discuss the insufficiencies of the Regulae in addressing the question of the foundation of knowledge, and I show how this question leads to the doctrine of eternal truths. Here, I also discuss the change of perspective between Regulae and Meditationes through the way in which the mind accesses truth, a problem deeply related to the doctrine of eternal truths.