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Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences

by Descartes, René, 1596-1650

BookID: 59

Language:English

Translator:Veitch, John, 1829-1894

Uniform Title:Discours de la méthode. English

Reading Level:Reading ease score: 7.5 (Professional level). Extremely difficult to read.

Copyright Status:Public domain in the USA.

Science -- MethodologyMethodology

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"Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences" by René Descartes is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published in 1637. Descartes confronts skepticism by doubting everything to discover incontrovertible truth. This approach leads him to his famous conclusion "I think, therefore I am." He presents four precepts for arriving at genuine knowledge, starting from the simplest ideas and building systematically. The work establishes foundations for modern philosophy and natural sciences, introducing reasoning methods that would revolutionize Western thought. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Class:B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion

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