Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy

by Stephen Gaukroger

Book Overview

Towards the end of his life, Descartes published the first four parts of a projected six-part work, The Principles of Philosophy. This was intended to be the definitive statement of his complete system of philosophy, dealing with everything from cosmology to the nature of human happiness. Stephen Gaukroger examines the system, and reconstructs the last two parts, On Living Things and On Man, from Descartes' other writings. He relates the work to the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521005256
• ISBN13: 9780521005258
• Release Date: March 2002
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 268 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"