A Discourse on the Method by René Descartes

A Discourse on the Method

René Descartes with Ian MacLean (Translator)

84 pages missing pub info (editions)

fiction philosophy challenging informative slow-paced

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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 existenc...

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informative 78%
reflective 78%
challenging 64%
inspiring 35%
funny 7%
hopeful 7%
tense 7%

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slow 30%

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