The Rene Descartes Collection

The Rene Descartes Collection

by Rene Descartes and Steppenwolf Press
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date: 08/09/2019

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Descartes laid the foundation for 17th-century continental rationalism, later advocated by Spinoza and Leibniz, and was later opposed by the empiricist school of thought consisting of Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume. Leibniz, Spinoza, and Descartes were all well-versed in mathematics as well as philosophy, and Descartes and Leibniz contributed greatly to science as well. Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) continues to be a standard text at most university philosophy departments. Descartes' influence in mathematics is equally apparent; the Cartesian coordinate system was named after him. He is credited as the father of analytical geometry, the bridge between algebra and geometry—used in the discovery of infinitesimal calculus and analysis. Descartes was also one of the key figures in the Scientific Revolution.


The Rene Descartes Collection brings together the finest writings of one of the greatest thinkers of western civilization. The contributions of Descartes played a key role in liberating the western mind from the strangelhold of religion.


Featuring:

Rules for the Direction of the Mind

Discourse on the Method

Meditations on First Philosophy

and

Principles of Philosophy

ISBN:
9788834182239
9788834182239
Category:
Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900
Format:
Epub (Kobo), Epub (Adobe)
Publication Date:
08-09-2019
Language:
English
Publisher:
Steppenwolf Press

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