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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 clear and accessible style... Read Full Overview

Ren? Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry,... Read Full Overview

Is it possible to be certain of anything? If so, how? The father of modern philosophy and the founder of rational method in philosophical thought, Ren? Descartes (1596-1650) sought the answers to these questions and in doing so, addressed the most important of methods of thinking... Read Full Overview

Ren Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry,... Read Full Overview

This volume provides new translations of René Descartes's two most important philosophical works. The Discourseoffers a concise presentation and defense of Descartes's method of intellectual inquiry--a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reasoning... Read Full Overview

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy is a work by Rene Descartes now brought to you in this new edition of the timeless classic.

This new edition contains a revised translation of Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition.