Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Searching for Truth in the Sciences: (Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la verité dans les sciences) - Softcover

Descartes, René

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1434406989 ISBN 13: 9781434406989

Publisher: Wildside Library Classics, 2010

Synopsis

The Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern science. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all modern natural sciences could evolve. In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism which had been revived from the ancients such as Sextus Empiricus by authors such as Al-Ghazali and Michel de Montaigne. Descartes modified it to account for a truth that he found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective, clear of any preconceived notions.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wildside Library Classics
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1434406989
• ISBN 13: 9781434406989
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 82