Excerpt from Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting, the Reason, and Seeking, Truth in the Sciences
Such an attitude would be impossible now; the present age has a real past of science behind it. But it was necessary then the past which lay directly behind Descartes, with a few bright exceptions like Bruno and Campanella, was a past of slavish sub mission to authority, both in action and in thought; and the utter demolition of this past was the self-chosen task of the great recluse philosopher, who believed he had stript himself of every clog that the heritage of antiquity had placed upon man's intellect.
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René Descartes (1596-1650) is not only one of the men who belongs in the pantheon of the West’s greatest thinkers: he influenced everyone else who belongs there too . Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic during its Golden Age, where he earned the title “Father of Modern Philosophy.” Indeed, subsequent Western philosophy came from his writing on empiricism and thought, which are still studied today. His work in mathematics helped establish the Cartesian coordinate system—allowing algebraic equations to be expressed as geometric shapes.
Descartes was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution, leaving a lasting mark with Discourse on the Method , one of the most important works ever written in the West. The Discourse is broken down into six parts, which Descartes described as 1. various considerations touching the Sciences; 2. the principal rules of the Method which the Author has discovered; 3. certain of the rules of Morals which he has deduced from this Method; 4. the reasonings by which he establishes the existence of God and of the Human Soul; 5. the order of the Physical questions which he has investigated, and, in particular, the explication of the motion of the heart and of some other difficulties pertaining to Medicine, as also the difference between the soul of man and that of the brutes; and 6. what the Author believes to be required in order to greater advancement in the investigation of Nature than has yet been made, with the reasons that have induced him to write.
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Paperback. Etat : New. Print on Demand. This book initiates a journey of philosophical discovery, inviting readers to question their beliefs and embrace a systematic approach to understanding the world. The author, a pioneering thinker, embarked on a quest to build a solid foundation for knowledge, rejecting tradition and relying solely on reason and clear thinking. Through introspection and the application of rigorous methods, he sought to uncover the nature of reality and the limits of human understanding. This book delves into the author's intellectual odyssey, revealing the insights and principles that emerged from his relentless pursuit of truth, offering a profound exploration of the foundations of human knowledge and the power of reason. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. N° de réf. du vendeur 9781330919484_0
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