Prévention, bias

35. VVhen a thing is char and distinct, it is, according to Descartes, t vident. Thèse words are accordingly strictly connected with the word évidemment (cf. Note 33).

36. • Le ' is neuter hère; corresponds to Latin illud^ from which it is derived. Cf. Note 13. Que je ne, cf. Note 22.

37. Le., ' that I should begin with,' may be understood after e.xamitiées.

38. Descartes refers in this passage to analytical geometry, of which he is the inventor.