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13The quotation doesn't support your claim.– JeffECommented Jul 8, 2017 at 22:54
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1I disagree. Or I wouldn't have quoted it.– Daniel R. CollinsCommented Jul 9, 2017 at 1:51
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4"… so ... that virtuous people would be obliged both to report to me the experimental results they had already achieved and to help me to work on the experiments that remained to be made." There is as much a promotion/prestige aspect here as there is a "furthering the general good" aspect. Why report to him? He's clearly positioned himself as an authority in the field. Of course, that's not surprising for Descartes, a man who refused to accept the authority or relevance of any philosopher who had ever come before him!– Cody Gray - on strikeCommented Jul 9, 2017 at 11:38
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1The answer is good and could be better if it had an additional argumentation of why such quote is relevant and what other section supports the main idea. Also it resembles a famous short text by Richard Stallman. Science must push copyright aside.– nilonCommented Jul 15, 2017 at 20:03
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1@CodyGray my reading is that the truly virtuous would be obliged to report to him, not because he is an authority, but because he had "[presented his results] so openly and plainly". He is stating there is a cycle of virtue in which people are morally obligated to donate the results of their scientific endeavours to each other for the "general good of mankind".– Chan-Ho SuhCommented Jul 16, 2017 at 23:26
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