Descartes: A Biography

by Desmond M. Clarke and Clarke Desmond M

Book Overview

Although Ren Descartes' (1596-1650) is best remembered today for writing I think, therefore, I am, his unique contribution to the history of ideas was his effort to construct a philosophy that would be sympathetic to the new sciences that emerged in the seventeenth century. In four major publications, he fashioned a philosophical system that accommodated the needs of these new sciences, thereby earning the unrelenting hostility of both Catholic and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107601460
• ISBN13: 9781107601468
• Release Date: April 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.0" x 8.9"