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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

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

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

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

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

Ren Descartes' Discourse is one of the defining works of modern philosophy, a compact and searching account of reason, doubt, knowledge, and intellectual method. Written as an accessible statement of philosophical inquiry rather than as a closed academic... Read Full Overview

Perhaps best known for the observation "Je pense, donc je suis" ("I am thinking; therefore, I exist"), Descartes's Discourse on Method lays the foundation for his later writings.

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

Para los historiadores del pensamiento m s sutiles, Descartes no es solo el fundador de la filosof a moderna, seg n afirma Hegel, sino tambi n el profeta de la ciencia del porvenir. El Discurso, texto eminentemente filos fico, marca el punto de ruptura con el mundo conceptual... Read Full Overview

Ren Descartes' Discourse is one of the defining works of modern philosophy, a compact and searching account of reason, doubt, knowledge, and intellectual method. Written as an accessible statement of philosophical inquiry rather than as a closed academic... 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

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