Skip to contentSkip to Braille Studio

Library / Philosophy / A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason / Braille

A Discourse of a Method for the Well Guiding of Reason ⠃⠗⠋ braille edition

Grade 1 — uncontracted, letter-for-letter. Translated on this server by our own braille engine (BRF — Braille Ready Format, Library of Congress fdd000551). View Grade 2 instead.

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

123,517 braille cells · 130 embossed pages at 40×25 · 91 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.