Discours de la Methodeby Rene Descartes | |
| List(s): | "Carp 500" |
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| Category: |
"Philosophy" |
| Pages: | 63 |
| Year of Publication: | 1637 |
| Date Read: | 02/08/1999 |
| Notes: | By calling everything into doubt, Descartes laid the foundations of modern philosophy. He began the process by doubting his own existence. His conclusion — “I think, therefore I am.” He deduced that human beings consist of minds and bodies; that these are totally distinct "substances"; that God exists and that He ensures we can trust the evidence of our senses. Ushering in the scientific revolution of Galileo and Newton, Descartes' ideas swept aside ancient and medieval traditions of philosophical methods and investigation. COMMENTS — The full title of this work is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences. It traces Descartes’ own intellectual development and how he put it to practical use. |
| My Rating: | 7 |