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9780140446999

Discourse on Method and Related Writings

by Descartes, Rene; Clarke, Desmond M.; Clarke, Desmond M.; Clarke, Desmond M.
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    9780140446999

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    0140446990

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-03-01
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics
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Summary

This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science. Includes DISCOURSE ON METHOD, the most accessible and well-known of his discussions of scientific method; the first seven chapters of the earlier, unpublished work, THE WORLD; as well as a selection of Descartes' correspondence and his replies to his critics.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements viii
Note On References To Descartes ix
Introduction xi
Further Reading xxxv
Discourse on the Method for Guiding One's Reason and Searching for Truth in the Sciences
1(54)
Selected Correspondence, 1636--9
55(26)
The World, or a Treatise on Light (Chapters 1--7)
81(32)
Rules for Guiding One's Intelligence in Searching for the Truth
113(82)
Text Notes 195(10)
Index 205

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