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Discourse on the Method: A Foundational Text of Modern Philosophy
Paperback
ISBN13: 9781604597080
Publisher: SMK Books
Published: May 29 2009
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.21
Height: 0.13 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
René Descartes' Discourse is one of the defining works of modern philosophy, a compact and searching account of reason, doubt, knowledge, and intellectual method. Written as an accessible statement of philosophical inquiry rather than as a closed academic system, the book sets out Descartes' attempt to establish a reliable foundation for truth by questioning inherited assumptions and testing knowledge through disciplined reason.
Best known for the argument often rendered as I think, therefore I am, Discourse on the Method helped reshape Western thought by placing methodical doubt, clear reasoning, and the thinking self at the centre of philosophy. Its influence reaches across epistemology, metaphysics, rationalism, science, mathematics, and the long development of Enlightenment thought. For readers of classic philosophy, intellectual history, and foundational works of reason, Descartes' essay remains an essential starting point.
First published in 1637, this work stands at the threshold of modern philosophy, bridging late Renaissance learning and the rationalist tradition that would shape later European thought. It is brief enough for new readers yet substantial enough for continued study, making it especially useful for students, libraries, general readers, and anyone building a serious philosophy collection.
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