After Descartes finished writing the book, he was prevented from publishing it by the events that transpired. These events included the trial and conviction of Galileo, which made Descartes hesitant to put his work out there. Additionally, the Thirty Years’ War was raging at the time, and Descartes feared that his work would be lost in the midst of all the fighting.

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