Description
For sale: a Rare reprint paperback edition, later printing of Discourse on Method and Related Writings by René Descartes. First Paperback Edition unstated, 2003 Penguin Books. Twelfth Printing with single number print line.
The exterior of this paperback edition is in Very Good condition with clean covers with two creases, mild surface wear, a tight binding with no spine cracks, lightly foxed page blocks, rubbed spine ends, mild edge wear and lightly rounded corners. The interior of the book is also in Very Good condition with no marks, inscriptions, or other signs of ownership. The end papers and the interior pages are clean and lightly toned.
René 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, optics, astronomy and physiology, Descartes developed the hypothetical method that characterizes modern science, and this soon came to replace the traditional techniques derived from Aristotle. Many of Descartes’ most radical ideas—such as the disparity between our perceptions and the realities that cause them—have been highly influential in the development of modern philosophy.
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