Descartes var 41 år när han publicerade sin första bok. 1637 utkom en volym som bland annat innehöll den berömda avhandlingen om ”metoden”, "Discours del la méthode pour bien conduire son raison et chercher la verité dans les sciences".…
'It is some years now since I realized how many false opinions I had accepted as true from childhood onwards...I saw that at some stage in my life the whole structure would have to be utterly demolished'In Descartes's Meditations, one of the key tex…
'Those most capable of being moved by passion are those capable of tasting the most sweetness in this life.'Descartes is most often thought of as introducing a total separation of mind and body. But he also acknowledged the intimate union between th…
'I concluded that I was a substance whose whole essence or nature resides only in thinking, and which, in order to exist, has no need of place and is not dependent on any material thing.'Descartes's A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Conducting…
Volumes I and II provide a completely new translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. Volume III contains 207 of Descartes’ letters, over half of which have not been translated into…
These two volumes provide a completely new translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in English, by…
This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science. Includes DISCOURSE ON METHOD, the most acc…
Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this profound work he meditates on doubt, the human soul, God, truth and the nature of exis…
One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes' Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings is translated from the Latin with an introduction by Desmond M. Clarke in Penguin Classics. Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in…
This volume provides new translations of Rene Descartes's two most important philosophical works. The Discourse offers a concise presentation and defense of Descartes' method of intellectual inquiry - a method that greatly influenced both philosophi…
This edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the…
This edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the "Meditations" (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to "Discourse on Method," bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining…
Descartes' The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his later writings, in particular the Meditations and Principles of Philosophy. Above all, it provides an in…
Descartes’ The World offers the most comprehensive vision of the nature of the world since Aristotle, and is crucial for an understanding of his later writings, in particular the Meditations and Principles of Philosophy. Above all, it provides…
Meditations on First Philosophy (subtitled In which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated) is a philosophical treatise by Ren Descartes first published in 1641 (in Latin). The French translation (by the Duke of Luynes…
First published in 1641, Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise by Ren Descartes, in which are demonstrated the existence of God and the distinction between the human soul and the body. Ren Descartes (1596 - 1650) was a French…
Meditations on First Philosophy Ren Descartes (1596 - 1650), Translated by John Veitch (1829 - 1894) After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy and physics, Descartes shelved the project when his contemporary…
I again undertake to treat of God and the human soul, and at the same time to discuss the principles of the entire First Philosophy, without, however, expecting any commendation from the crowd for my endeavors, or a wide circle of readers. On the co…
Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise by Ren Descartes.
Ren Descartes (1596-1650) is not only one of the men who belongs in the pantheon of the West's greatest thinkers: he influenced everyone else who belongs there too. Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who spent most of his l…
The Discourse on the Method 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. The Discourse on The M…
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (French: Discours de la M thode Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la v rit dans les sciences) is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise pu…
Principles of Philosophy is a book by RenE Descartes. In essence it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy It was written in Latin, published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia, with whom Descartes h…
Ren Descartes war ein franz sischer Philosoph, Mathematiker und Naturwissenschaftler. Descartes gilt als der Begr nder des modernen fr hneuzeitlichen Rationalismus, den Baruch de Spinoza, Nicolas Malebranche und Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz kritisch-ko…
El Discurso del m todo para dirigir bien la raz n y buscar la verdad en las ciencias (tal es su t tulo completo) no es solamente la obra fundamental del fil sofo franc s Ren Descartes; ha sido juzgada adem s como el hito que marca el final de la esc…
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…
Ren Descartes peut tre consid r comme celui qui a fait d finitivement basculer la philosophie dans la modernit , en pla ant au principe de toute connaissance vraie le sujet pensant. Le Discours de la m thode (1637) a t le premier ouvrage publi par D…
Si ce discours semble trop long pour tre tout lu en une fois, on le pourra distinguer en six parties. Et, en la premi re, on trouvera diverses consid rations touchant les sciences. En la seconde, les principales r gles de la m thode que l'auteur a c…
Las Meditaciones metaf sicas, cuyo t tulo completo es Meditaciones metaf sicas en las que se demuestran la existencia de Dios y la inmortalidad del alma, es una obra escrita por Ren Descartes y publicada por primera vez en 1641, en lat n, con el t t…
This is a new release of the original 1952 edition.
L'idee d'entreprendre une edition critique des Regulce ad direction em ingenii s'est imposee a nous pendant que nous pre- parions un commentaire de ce traite inacheve de Descartes. Le texte etabli par Ch. Adam nous a, plus d'une fois, inspire certai…
Discourse on Method is an autobiographical and philosophical work written by Rene Descartes in the early 17th century. It is probably most famous for the quote 'I think, therefore I am'. Descartes addresses the problem of skepticism, and modifies th…
"Recherche de la v rit par les lumi res naturelles" de Ren Descartes. Math maticien, physicien et philosophe fran ais (1596-1650).
Mietiskelyjä ensimmäisestä filosofiasta on Descartesin filosofisesti kunnianhimoisin teos. Siinä hän pyrkii antamaan metafyysisille perusajatuksilleen selvän, tiiviin ja sitovan todistuksen. Teos on rakenteeltaan erikoinen. Siihen kuuluvat itse Miet…
Translated by Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross. Edited with an Introduction by Enrique Chavez-Arvizo.Rene Descartes (1569-1650), the 'father' of modern philosophy, is without doubt one of the greatest thinkers in history: his genius lies at the…
La g om trie by Ren Descartes This volume is produced from digital images from the Cornell University Library Historical Mathematics Monographs collection. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collec…
Teokset I sisältää Descartesin varhaistuotannon. Yksityisiä ajatelmia koostuu nuoren filosofin muistiinpanoista, ja Järjen käyttöohjeet on keskeneräiseksi jäänyt oivaltava tutkielma oikeanlaiseen järjen käyttöön perustuvasta metodista. Metodin esity…
Based on the new and much acclaimed two-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes by Cottingham, Stoothoff and Murdoch, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of those writings, inc…
Dans cette oeuvre, Descartes se concentre sur la question des passions. Il s'agit donc d'un trait de philosophie morale, le dernier domaine de la philosophie abord par Descartes. Celui-ci s'inscrit, avec cet ouvrage, dans la tradition de la r flexio…
The Discourse on the Method for Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences offers a concise presentation and defense of Rene Descartes' method of intellectual inquiry - a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific rea…
This is an English translation of Descartes' seminal discourse, with an original essay by Richard Kennington. This text is designed to provide the student with a close translation, notes, and a glossary of key terms, facilitating access to ideas as…
When you want to read in both French and English, though, there's a great option: bilingual books Reading bilingual books and inferring the vocabulary and grammar is a far superior method of language learning than traditional memorization. It is als…
La Dioptrique est un trait de Ren Descartes sur l'optique qui fait partie des essais (avec Les M t ores et La G om trie) compl tant le Discours de la m thode de 1637. Descartes y nonce la loi des sinus concernant la r fraction.
Discourse on the Method of Reasoning by Ren Descartes s actually taught us, I had, in addition, read all the books that had fallen into my hands, treating of such branches as are esteemed the most curious and rare. I knew the judgment which others h…
Selections from the Principles of Philosophy of Rene Descartes. Principles of Philosophy is a book by Ren Descartes. In essence it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. It was written in Latin, published in 1…
