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Rene Descartes (Profiles in Mathematics)

Profiles the life and accomplishments of the seventeenth-century French philosopher and mathematician, places him in the intellectual context of his times, and discusses his stuggles to reconcile his discoveries with his religiou...

The Correspondence between Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia and Rene Descartes (The Other Voice in Earl...

<DIV><P style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 200%">Between the years 1643 and 1649, Princess Elisabeth of Bohemia (1618&#8211;80) and Ren&#233; Descartes (1596&#8211;1650) exchanged fifty-eight letters&#8212;thirty-two from D...

Rene Descartes: Principles of Philosophy: Translation with Explanatory Notes (Synthese Historical Li...

When we further reflect on the various ideas that are in us, it is easy to perceive that there is not much difference among them, when we consider them simply as certain modes of thinking, but that they are widely different, consi...

Feminist Interpretations of Rene Descartes (Re-Reading the Canon)

A re-reading of the Cartesian corpus from the multiple vantage points of contemporary feminism. It includes discussion of: the implications of Descartes' epistemology for feminists and feminist epistemology; the implications of hi...

Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus (Philosophers in Focus)

<P><b></b><b><i>Rene Descartes'</i></b> <b>Meditations on First Philosophy</b> <b></b><b><i>In Focus</i></b> contains the excellent and popular Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross translation of Rene Descartes' <i>Meditations on...

Cogito, Ergo Sum: The Life of Rene Descartes

René Descartes is the philosophical architect of our modern world. In metaphysics, he established the view that mind and body are distinct substances, which is foundational for any belief that the human soul is immortal. In mathe...

Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus (Philosophers in Focus)

This volume presents the excellent and popular translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy , an introduction by Stanley Tweyman which explores the relevance of Descartes' Regulae and his method of...

Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

This authoritative translation by John Cottingham of the Meditations is taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It is based on the best available texts and presents...

Key Philosophical Writings by Rene Descartes

Free Worldwide Delivery : Key Philosophical Writings : Paperback : Wordsworth Editions Ltd : 9781853264702 : 1853264709 : 05 Aug 1997 : Rene Descartes has been described as the "father" of modern philosophy. This selection of Desc...

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

Free Worldwide Delivery : Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy : Paperback : Hackett Publishing Co, Inc : 9780872204201 : 0872204200 : 01 Jun 1999

Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

Here is a brilliant new translation of Descartes's Meditations, one of the most influential books in the history of Western philosophy, including the full texts of the Third and Fourth Objections and Replies, and a selection from...

Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes

Free Worldwide Delivery : Meditations on First Philosophy : Paperback : Hackett Publishing Co, Inc : 9780872201927 : 0872201929 : 01 Dec 1993 : Many other matters respecting the attributes of God and my own nature or mind remain f...

Rene Descartes: Principles of Philosophy: Translation with Explanatory Notes (Synthese Historical Li...

When we further reflect on the various ideas that are in us, it is easy to perceive that there is not much difference among them, when we consider them simply as certain modes of thinking, but that they are widely different, consi...

The Geometry of Rene Descartes

First published in English in 1925, The Geometry of Rene Descartes brings to audiences one of the most revolutionary works in mathematics since Euclid. Descartes changed the field of mathematics with his invention of analytic geom...

The Geometry of Rene Descartes (Dover Books on Mathematics)

<DIV>The great work that founded analytical geometry. Included here is the original French text, Descartes' own diagrams, together with the definitive Smith-Latham translation. "The greatest single step ever made in the progress ...

The Geometry of Rene Descartes (Cosimo Classics)

First published in English in 1925, The Geometry of Rene Descartes brings to audiences one of the most revolutionary works in mathematics since Euclid. Descartes changed the field of mathematics with his invention of analytic geom...

The Magic of Numbers and Motion: The Scientific Career of Rene Descartes

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Descartes (Oneworld Philosophers)

THis is an indispensible guide to the life and philosophy of Rene Descartes, one of the most controversial figures of his age, and the founder of modern rational thought.

Descartes' Devil: Three Meditations

In three beautifully wrought meditations on the import of Rene Descartes' legacy from a poet's perspective, Durs Grunbein presents us with a Descartes whom we haven't met before: not the notorious perpetrator of the mind-body-dual...

A Descartes Dictionary (Blackwell Philosopher Dictionaries)

To confront the philosophical system of Rene Descartes is to contemplate a magnificently laid out map of human cognitive endeavour. In following Descartes arguments, the reader is drawn into some of the most fundamental and chall...

Descartes and Method

<P>Rene Descartes credited his success in philosophy, mathematics, and physics to the discovery of a universal method of inquiry, but he provided no systematic description of his method. <i>Descartes and Method</i> carefully exam...

Descartes in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes)

René Descartes spent most of his childhood in solitude, a situation that also came to characterize his adult life. Fortunately, these countless lonely hours helped Descartes produce the declaration that changed all philosophy: "I ...

Starting with Descartes

René Descartes was the founding father of modern Western philosophy and a pivotal thinker in the history of this fascinating subject. Covering all the key concepts of his work, Starting with Descartes provides an accessible introd...

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Descartes and the Meditations (Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks)

<P>Descartes' <i>Meditations</i> is one of the most widely read philosophical texts and has marked the beginning of what we now consider as modern philosophy. It is the first text that most students of philosophy are introduced t...

Descartes: A Biography

Although Ren&#233; 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 ...

Descartes: Discourse on Method

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy written by legendary author Rene Descartes is a philosophical and mathematical treatise which is widely considered to be one of the top books of all time. This great classic ...

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Descartes and the Meditations (Routledge Philosophy GuideBooks)

Rene Descartes is generally accepted as the "father of modern philosophy", and his Meditations is perhaps the most famous philosophical text ever written. In this Routledge Philosophy GuideBook, Gary Hatfield guides the reader thr...

Descartes: His Life and Thought

This major intellectual biography illuminates the personal and historical events of Descartes's life, from his birth and early years in France to his death in Sweden, his burial, and the fate of his remains.<BR>Concerned not only...

Descartes: A Guide for the Perplexed (Guides For The Perplexed)

René Descartes is arguably the most important seventeenth-century thinker and the father of modern philosophy. Yet his unique method, and its divergence from the method of his scholastic predecessors and contemporaries, raises com...

Descartes: An Analytical and Historical Introduction

A solid grasp of the main themes and arguments of the seventeenth century philosopher Rene Descartes is an essential tool towards understanding modern thought, and a necessary entree to the work of the empiricists and Immanuel Ka...