He trained in the law but gave up after one case, devoting his life to writing about philosophers and scientists, especially defending the Cartesian tradition.
他接受法律的訓練，但在一個訴訟案件後放棄了，他一生致力於關於哲學家和科學家的寫作，尤其是護衛勒內·笛卡兒的傳統。