Discourse on Method and Related Writings

by René Descartes and Desmond Clarke

Book Overview

"It is not enough to have a good mind; it is more important to use it well"

Ren Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology, Descartes developed the hypothetical...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0140446990
• ISBN13: 9780140446999
• Release Date: March 2000
• Publisher: Penguin Group
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.0" x 7.8"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher