A Discourse on Method, Ren Descartes Translation by John Veitch
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A Discourse on Method
Meditations on the First Philosophy: Principles of Philosophy

Narrator: James Adams

Unabridged: 8 hr 8 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 10/23/2009

Category: Philosophy


Synopsis

By calling everything into doubt, Descartes laid the foundations of modern philosophy. With the celebrated words I think therefore I am, his compelling argument swept aside ancient and medieval traditions. He deduced that human beings consist of minds and bodies; that these are totally distinct substances; that God exists and that He ensures we can trust the evidence of our senses. Ushering in the scientific revolution of Galileo and Newton, his ideas have set the agenda for debate ever since. His philosophical methods and investigation changed the course of Western philosophy and led to or transformed the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, physics and mathematics, political theory, and ethics.

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