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Descartes, Rene

 
9781604597080: Discourse on the Method: A Foundational Text of Modern Philosophy
Softcover
ISBN 10: 1604597089 ISBN 13: 9781604597080
Verlag: SMK Books, 2009

Inhaltsangabe

René Descartes' Discourse is one of the defining works of modern philosophy a compact and searching account of reason doubt knowledge and intellectual method. Written as an accessible statement of philosophical inquiry rather than as a closed academic system the book sets out Descartes' attempt to establish a reliable foundation for truth by questioning inherited assumptions and testing knowledge through disciplined reason.

Best known for the argument often rendered as "I think therefore I am " Discourse on the Method helped reshape Western thought by placing methodical doubt clear reasoning and the thinking self at the centre of philosophy. Its influence reaches across epistemology metaphysics rationalism science mathematics and the long development of Enlightenment thought. For readers of classic philosophy intellectual history and foundational works of reason Descartes' essay remains an essential starting point.

First published in 1637 this work stands at the threshold of modern philosophy bridging late Renaissance learning and the rationalist tradition that would shape later European thought. It is brief enough for new readers yet substantial enough for continued study making it especially useful for students libraries general readers and anyone building a serious philosophy collection.

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René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy. His work established a new approach to philosophical inquiry grounded in reason and systematic doubt. In addition to Meditations on First Philosophy, his major works include Discourse on Method and Principles of Philosophy, which have had a lasting influence on philosophy, science, and mathematics.

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Verlag
SMK Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2009
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1604597089
ISBN 13 
9781604597080
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
55
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