![]() It misses out some important bits, and I really must get round to improving it. The is the condensed version first published by Sir John Hammerton in 1919. His Discourse on Method is a landmark in the modern history of philosophic thought. The invention of analytical geometry dates from the publication of his Geometry. Descartes stands at the head of the school of mathematicians which linked up the mathematics of the Renaissance with modern mathematical writings. In 1641 he published Meditationesand he dealt with morals in Principia Philosophiae, and Traite des Passions de L'Ame. His search after philosophical certainty is explained in the Discourse on Method published in 1637. Warned by the fate of Galileo, he withheld from publication during his lifetime his treatise on The World which he had finished in 1633. Wikipedia - Full Text - Print Edition: ISBN 0872204200ĭoubt, not scepticism, was Descartes's philosophic starting point. "Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am)" Squashed down to read in about 25 minutes Squashed Philosophers - Descartes - Discourse on Method ![]()
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