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This classic is best known for kindling modern philosophy. Descartes questions any knowledge that is derived from our treacherous, human senses; in order to find truth, one must question what is "known." This is what has led many to realize that our ability to doubt is the result... Read Full Overview

Descartes' Discourse marks a watershed in European thought; in it, the author sets out in brief his radical new philosophy, which begins with a proof of the existence of the self (the famous "cogito ergo sum"). Next he deduces from it the existence and nature of God, and ends... Read Full Overview

The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by Ren Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Searching for Truth in the Sciences. The Discourse on Method is best known as the source... Read Full Overview

El Discurso del m todo (Discours de la m thode en franc s), cuyo t tulo completo es Discurso del m todo para conducir bien la propia raz n y buscar la verdad en las ciencias (Discours de la m thode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la v rit dans les sciences) es la principal... Read Full Overview

El Discurso del m todo, es una obra que pretende dar a conocer el m todo para poder llegar al conocimiento verdadero y encontrar la verdad. Fue escrito por Ren Descartes en 1637, este tratado es una de sus obras m s importantes, considerada como una de las primeras obras de... Read Full Overview

Discours de la m thode is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by Ren Descartes in 1637.It is one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy, and important to the evolution of natural sciences. In this work, Descartes tackles the problem... Read Full Overview

On appelle methode, l'ordre que la pensee doit suivre pour parvenir a la sagesse et conformement auquel elle pense une fois qu'elle y est parvenue. Mais qu'est-ce que la sagesse? C'est la chose du monde la plus desirable, et celle pourtant a laquelle les hommes pensent le moins... Read Full Overview

No text has defined the self-understanding of the present time like Jean-Fran ois Lyotard's La condition postmoderne, Rapport sur le savoir (1979). But few participants in the dialogue between the moderns and the postmoderns can claim to understand exactly what "modernity"... Read Full Overview

The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by Ren Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Searching for Truth in the Sciences. The Discourse on Method is best known as the source... Read Full Overview

Le Discours de la m thode (sous-titr Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la v rit dans les sciences) est un texte philosophique publi anonymement par Ren Descartes Leyde le 8 juin 1637. Dans les premi res ditions, ce discours servait d'introduction trois trait... Read Full Overview

The Discourse on the Method (French: Discours de la m thode) is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by Ren Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (French title: Discours... Read Full Overview