Abstract
This project aims to examine in detail, at the same time in a philosophical and philological perspective, the reception in René Descartes' Les Météores both of Aristotle's Meteorology as well of its ancient commentaries (such as Philoponus of Alexandria, Alexander of Aphrodisias and Olympiodorus, the young) and also scholastic commentaries, mainly the Commentarii Conimbrincensis. In this …