Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / Discours de la méthode (French) / Braille

Discours de la méthode (French) ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 2 — contracted English braille (EBAE-compatible subset). Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 1 instead.

Download .brf — Grade 2 Download .brf — Grade 1 Plain-text reader .txt

645,132 braille cells · 679 embossed pages at 40×25 · 17,739 unrepresentable characters omitted

⠑⠍⠏⠊⠗⠑⠆⠀⠉⠄⠑⠌⠀⠙⠑⠀⠇⠀⠟⠥⠄⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀⠙⠊⠌⠗⠊⠃⠥⠑⠀⠎⠑⠎⠀
⠕⠗⠙⠗⠑⠎⠲⠀⠀⠠⠇⠑⠎⠀⠝⠻⠋⠎⠀⠎⠕⠝⠞⠀⠎⠑⠎⠀⠍⠔⠊⠌⠗⠑⠎⠀⠑⠞⠀
⠇⠑⠎⠀⠑⠭⠉⠥⠞⠑⠥⠗⠎⠀⠙⠑⠀⠎⠑⠎⠀⠧⠕⠇⠕⠝⠞⠎⠲⠀⠠⠇⠑⠀⠀
⠉⠻⠧⠑⠁⠥⠀⠙⠑⠧⠊⠢⠞⠀⠉⠕⠍⠍⠑⠀⠥⠝⠀⠎⠢⠎⠀⠊⠝⠞⠗⠊⠑⠥⠗⠀⠟⠥⠊⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠞⠊⠢⠞⠂⠀⠏⠳⠗⠀⠁⠔⠎⠊⠀⠙⠊⠗⠑⠂⠀⠀⠇⠑⠀⠗⠎⠥⠇⠞⠁⠞⠀⠙⠑⠀
⠞⠳⠎⠀⠇⠑⠎⠀⠎⠢⠎⠀⠙⠥⠀⠙⠑⠓⠕⠗⠎⠲⠀⠠⠇⠀⠎⠑⠀⠿⠍⠑⠀⠥⠝⠑⠀
⠊⠍⠁⠛⠑⠀⠙⠑⠀⠡⠁⠟⠥⠑⠀⠀⠕⠃⠚⠑⠞⠲⠀⠠⠇⠄⠍⠑⠀⠧⠕⠊⠞⠀
⠇⠄⠕⠃⠚⠑⠞⠀⠙⠁⠝⠎⠀⠉⠑⠞⠞⠑⠀⠊⠍⠁⠛⠑⠀⠟⠥⠯⠀⠊⠇⠀⠑⠌⠀
⠏⠗⠎⠢⠞⠆⠀⠑⠞⠀⠀⠉⠄⠑⠌⠀⠇⠁⠀⠏⠻⠉⠑⠏⠞⠊⠕⠝⠒⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀⠇⠁⠀
⠗⠑⠏⠗⠕⠙⠥⠊⠞⠀⠙⠄⠑⠇⠇⠑⠤⠍⠍⠑⠀⠟⠥⠯⠀⠇⠄⠕⠃⠚⠑⠞⠀⠑⠌⠀⠀
⠇⠕⠊⠛⠝⠆⠀⠑⠞⠀⠉⠄⠑⠌⠀⠇⠄⠊⠍⠁⠛⠔⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠒⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀⠑⠝⠀
⠋⠁⠊⠞⠀⠁⠥⠀⠃⠑⠎⠕⠔⠀⠗⠢⠁⠞⠗⠑⠀⠇⠄⠊⠙⠑⠂⠀⠀⠁⠧⠑⠉⠀⠇⠁⠀
⠉⠕⠝⠎⠉⠊⠢⠉⠑⠀⠙⠑⠀⠇⠄⠁⠧⠕⠊⠗⠀⠑⠥⠑⠆⠀⠑⠞⠀⠉⠄⠑⠌⠀⠇⠁⠀
⠍⠍⠕⠊⠗⠑⠲⠀⠠⠁⠀⠡⠁⠉⠥⠝⠑⠀⠙⠑⠀⠉⠑⠎⠀⠀⠕⠏⠗⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠙⠑⠀
⠇⠄⠍⠑⠀⠉⠕⠗⠗⠑⠎⠏⠕⠝⠙⠀⠥⠝⠑⠀⠍⠕⠙⠊⠋⠊⠉⠁⠞⠊⠕⠝⠀
⠏⠜⠞⠊⠉⠥⠇⠊⠗⠑⠀⠙⠁⠝⠎⠀⠇⠑⠎⠀⠀⠋⠊⠃⠗⠑⠎⠀⠙⠥⠀⠉⠻⠧⠑⠁⠥⠂⠀
⠕⠥⠀⠙⠁⠝⠎⠀⠇⠑⠀⠉⠳⠗⠎⠀⠙⠑⠎⠀⠑⠎⠏⠗⠊⠞⠎⠆⠀⠑⠞⠀⠉⠄⠑⠌⠀⠇⠁⠀
⠡⠁⠝⠑⠀⠀⠊⠝⠧⠊⠎⠊⠃⠇⠑⠀⠙⠑⠎⠀⠙⠑⠥⠭⠀⠎⠥⠃⠌⠁⠝⠉⠑⠎⠲⠀
⠠⠍⠁⠊⠎⠀⠇⠄⠍⠑⠀⠁⠀⠙⠑⠥⠭⠀⠋⠁⠉⠥⠇⠞⠎⠀⠃⠊⠢⠀⠀⠙⠊⠌⠔⠉⠞⠑⠎⠒
⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀⠑⠌⠀⠀⠇⠁⠀⠋⠕⠊⠎⠀⠊⠝⠞⠑⠇⠇⠊⠛⠢⠞⠑⠀⠑⠞⠀
⠎⠢⠎⠊⠃⠇⠑⠲⠀⠠⠙⠁⠝⠎⠀⠟⠥⠑⠇⠟⠥⠑⠎⠀⠀⠥⠝⠑⠎⠀⠙⠑⠀⠎⠑⠎⠀
⠋⠕⠝⠉⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀⠑⠭⠻⠉⠑⠀⠑⠞⠀⠙⠏⠇⠕⠊⠑⠀⠥⠝⠀
⠏⠗⠔⠉⠊⠏⠑⠀⠙⠄⠁⠉⠞⠊⠧⠊⠞⠂⠀⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀⠧⠑⠥⠞⠂⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀
⠡⠕⠊⠎⠊⠞⠂⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀⠉⠕⠍⠏⠜⠑⠆⠀⠙⠁⠝⠎⠀⠙⠄⠁⠥⠞⠗⠑⠎⠀⠑⠇⠇⠑⠀
⠑⠌⠀⠏⠁⠎⠎⠊⠧⠑⠒⠀⠀⠉⠑⠀⠎⠕⠝⠞⠀⠙⠑⠎⠀⠍⠕⠞⠊⠕⠝⠎⠀⠟⠥⠄⠑⠇⠇⠑

These are the same pages the .brf download embosses — form-feed breaks and all. BRF opens in braille software (Duxbury, BrailleBlaster), on embossers, and on refreshable displays.