Discourse on Method (Paperback)

Paperback. This is an English translation of Descartes' seminal discourse, with an original essay by Richard Kennington. This text is designed to provide the student with a close translation, notes, and a glossary of key terms, facilitating access to ideas as they originally were presented and helping to make the translator's work transparent.Focus Philosophical Library translations are close to and are non-interpretative of the original text, with the notes and a glossary intending to provide the reader with some sense of the terms and the concepts as they were understood by Decartes' immediate audience.The Focus Philosophical Library publishes clear, faithful editions enabling access for modern students to the essential ideas and wisdom of the worlds greatest thinkers. This edition of Descartes' seminal discourse is designed to provide the student with a close translation to facilitate access to ideas as they were originally presented, helping to make the translator's work transparent. Includes an original essay by Richard Kennington, notes, and a glossary of key terms. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…