Writing in French Rather Than Latin

From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
Descartes writes in French to appeal to natural reason rather than to scholars bound by ancient authority.
Part VI

Descartes explains writing in French so that those who use only their natural reason may judge his opinions better than those who trust only ancient books.

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