Product Description: René Descartes (1596 – 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, physicist, and writer who has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy", and much subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which are studied closely to this day...read more

Product Description: Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes is widely considered to be one of the top philosophical books of all time. For many, Meditations on First Philosophy is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic philosophical literature, this gem by Rene Descartes is highly recommended...read more

Product Description: Descartes is universally acknowledged as the father of modern Western philosophy. It is to the writings of Descartes, above all others that we must turn if we wish to understand the great seventeenth-century revolution in which the old scholastic worldview slowly lost its grip, and the foundations of modern philosophical and scientific thinking were laid...read more

Product Description: Author names not noted above: J.J. Rousseau and Thomas Hobbes. Originally published between 1909 and 1917 under the name "Harvard Classics," this stupendous 51-volume set-a collection of the greatest writings from literature, philosophy, history, and mythology-was assembled by American academic CHARLES WILLIAM ELIOT (1834-1926), Harvard University's longest-serving president...read more

Product Description: Meditations on First Philosophy written by legendary philosopher Rene Descartes is widely considered to be one of the top philosophical books of all time. This great classic will surely attract a whole new generation of readers. For many, Meditations on First Philosophy is required reading for various courses and curriculums...read more

Product Description: Principles of Philosophy was written in Latin by René Descartes. Published in 1644, it was intended to replace Aristotle's philosophy and traditional Scholastic Philosophy. This volume contains a letter of the author to the French translator of the Principles of Philosophy serving for a Preface and a letter to the most serene princess, Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Frederick, King of Bohemia, Count Palatine, and Elector of the Sacred Roman Empire...read more

Product Description: The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Searching for Truth in the Sciences. The Discourse on Method is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis", "I think, therefore I am"...read more

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Product Description: Descartes is universally acknowledged as the father of modern Western philosophy. It is to the writings of Descartes, above all others that we must turn if we wish to understand the great seventeenth-century revolution in which the old scholastic worldview slowly lost its grip, and the foundations of modern philosophical and scientific thinking were laid...read more

El Discurso del metodo es uno de los pocos libros que han cambiado la historia del mundo; la renovacion que provoco en la filosofia no ha dejado de tener repercusiones. Las conclusiones a las que llega tras el aserto de la duda como razon principal de todo pensamiento se han convertido en reglas: no admitir como verdadero mas que lo evidente; dividir cada dificultad en la mayor parte posible de veces; ordenar los pensamientos de lo mas simple a lo mas complicado; y hacer recuentos frecuentes de las ideas para estar seguros de que nada se ha omitido, son las normas que rigen la conducta y la filosofia, a partir de entonces hasta la actualidad. A una esclarecedora Introduccion del filosofo argentino Francisco Romero se agrega, en esta nueva edicion del Discurso, Un punto de vista acerca de Descartes, del escritor frances Paul Valery, que cierra su contribucion con estas palabras: Por eso he insistido sobre la personalidad fuerte y temeraria del gran Descartes, cuya filosofia, tal vez, tiene menos precio para nosotros que la idea que nos presenta de un magnifico y memorable Yo. Rene Descartes, vastago de una familia distinguida y acomodada de magistrados y militares, nacio en l596 en La Haye, ciudad de Turena, Francia, y murio en Estocolmo en l650. En 1637 publico el Discurso del metodo

Product Description: René Descartes (1596-1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He has been dubbed the “Father of Modern Philosophy, ” and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which continue to be studied closely...read more

Product Description: René Descartes (1596-1650), also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He has been dubbed the “Father of Modern Philosophy, ” and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings, which continue to be studied closely...read more

Product Description: René Descartes also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy," and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings which continue to be studied closely to this day...read more

Product Description: THE DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD is a philosophical and mathematical treatise which is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis" ("I think, therefore I am"). René Descartes was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer, and has been dubbed as the "Father of Modern Philosophy"...read more

Product Description: a selection from PART 1: Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess...read more

Product Description: In the "Discourse," originally published in 1637, Descartes proposed the methods for the discovery of truth which made possible the whole modern philosophical development.

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