Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth…
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"Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences" by René Descartes is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published in 1637. Descartes confronts skepticism by doubting everything to discover incontrovertible truth. This approach leads him to his famous conclusion "I think, therefore I am." He presents four precepts for arriving at genuine knowledge, starting from the simplest ideas and building systematically. The work establishes foundations
for modern philosophy and natural sciences, introducing reasoning methods that would revolutionize Western thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Descartes, René, 1596-1650 |
|---|---|
| Translator | Veitch, John, 1829-1894 |
| Uniform Title | Discours de la méthode. English |
| Title | Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences |
| Note | Translation of Discours de la méthode |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_on_the_Method |
| Credits | Ilana and Greg Newby |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 7.5 (Professional level). Extremely difficult to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion |
| Subject | Science -- Methodology |
| Subject | Methodology |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 59 |
| Release Date | Mar 1, 1993 |
| Last Update | May 13, 2022 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 6106 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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