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René Descartes wrote a philosophical and autobiographical work titled Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One''s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences, which was published in 1637. The most well-known use of it is as the inspiration for the idiom "Je pense, donc Je Suis," which appears in Part IV of the work. Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) contains a similar argument but without this same language, and Principles of Philosophy contains a Latin translation of the identical claim, Cogito, ergo sum (1644). One of the most influential books in the history of contemporary philosophy, Discourse on the Method is crucial to the advancement of the natural sciences. Descartes addresses the issue of skepticism in this work, which was previously researched by other philosophers. Descartes adapted the methods of some of his predecessors and contemporaries while addressing a fact that he believed to be indisputable; in order to observe the world honestly and without any bias, he started out on his line of reasoning by doubting everything. The book''s initial printing took place in Leiden, Netherlands. Dioptrique, Météores, and Géométrie were the three works that the book was meant to provide as an introduction.

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One''s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (French: Discours de la Méthode Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences) is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise by René Descartes. Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy, and important to the development of natural sciences. In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism, which had previously been studied by other philosophers. While addressing some of his predecessors and contemporaries, Descartes modified their approach to account for a truth he found to be incontrovertible; he started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective, clear of any preconceived notions. Together with Meditations on First Philosophy, Principles of Philosophy and Rules for the Direction of the Mind, it forms the base of the epistemology known as Cartesianism.

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Descartes concibe la redacción de Meditaciones metafísicas desde el mismo momento en que decide presentar al público su conocida obra El discurso del método, al final de la cual propone a los lectores que le comuniquen sus impresiones en torno a la teoría del conocimiento que allí expone. Así es que en 1641, cuatro años después de la publicación de El discurso del método, da a conocer su nueva obra, la que abre con una serie de respuestas a las réplicas de los lectores que considera dignos de su atención. En general la temática expuesta en esta obra se desarrolla en torno a las cosas que pueden ponerse en duda: la naturaleza de la mente humana, la existencia de Dios, la esencia de las cosas materiales (y por ende el cuerpo), la validez de los conceptos de verdadero y falso. Al tiempo que elabora una discusión sobre cada uno de estos motivos, se sirve también de todos ellos para demostrar que la razón es la única garantía para acceder al conocimiento verdadero.

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Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie Rene Descartes - René Descartes (1596-1650) war ein französischer Philosoph, Naturwissenschaftler und Mathematiker. 1641 erschien erstmals sein epochales Werk »Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie«, in dem Descartes in sechs Meditationen neue Erkenntnistheorien aufführt, u.a. über die Natur des menschlichen Geistes und über das Dasein Gottes.

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One''s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. It is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis", which occurs in Part IV of the work.

Meditations on First Philosophy Rene Descartes - Descartes''s Meditations on First Philosophy, the fundamental and originating work of the modern era in Western philosophy, is presented here in Donald Cress''s completely revised edition of his well-established translation, bringing this version even closer to Descartes''s original, while maintaining its clear and accessible style.

Discourse on the Method Rene Descartes - Published in the 17th century, Discourse on the Method is considered one of the most profound and influential works on philosophy. Descartes touches on subjects such as nature, the existence of God and the Soul, and morality, among many others

Good sense is, of all things among men, the most equally distributed; for every one thinks himself so abundantly provided with it, that those even who are the most difficult to satisfy in everything else, do not usually desire a larger measure of this quality than they already possess. And in this it is not likely that all are mistaken the conviction is rather to be held as testifying that the power of judging aright and of distinguishing truth from error, which is properly what is called good sense or reason, is by nature equal in all men; and that the diversity of our opinions, consequently, does not arise from some being endowed with a larger share of reason than others, but solely from this, that we conduct our thoughts along different ways, and do not fix our attention on the same objects. For to be possessed of a vigorous mind is not enough; the prime requisite is rightly to apply it.

If this Discourse appear too long to be read at once, it may be divided into six Parts: and, in the first, will be found various considerations touching the Sciences; in the second, the principal rules of the Method which the Author has discovered, in the third, certain of the rules of Morals which he has deduced from this Method; in the fourth, the reasonings by which he establishes the existence of God and of the Human Soul, which are the foundations of his Metaphysic; in the fifth, the order of the Physical questions which he has investigated, and, in particular, the explication of the motion of the heart and of some other difficulties pertaining to Medicine, as also the difference between the soul of man and that of the brutes; and, in the last, what the Author believes to be required in order to greater advancement in the investigation of Nature than has yet been made, with the reasons that have induced him to write...

This collection of the works of Descartes contains the following books with book and chapter links for easier and practical read-through experience: Discourse On MethodThe Meditations On The First PhilosophyThe Principles of Philosophy The Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern science. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all modern natural sciences could evolve. In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism which had been revived from the ancients such as Sextus Empiricus by authors such as Al-Ghazali and Michel de Montaigne. Descartes modified it to account for a truth that he found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective, clear of any preconceived notions.

Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy, and important to the development of natural sciences.In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism, which had previously been studied by other philosophers. While addressing some of his predecessors and contemporaries, Descartes modified their approach to account for a truth he found to be incontrovertible; he started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective, clear of any preconceived notions.

Le Discours de la méthode, publié en 1637, est le premier texte philosophique écrit par René Descartes et le premier ouvrage qui traite du sujet en langue française (par opposition à la tradition scientifique de l''époque de rédiger en latin).

René Descartes (31 March 1596 - 11 February 1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. A native of the Kingdom of France, he spent about 20 years (1629-1649) of his life in the Dutch Republic after serving for a while in the Dutch States Army of Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange and the Stadtholder of the United Provinces. One of the most notable intellectual figures of the Dutch Golden Age, [19] Descartes is also widely regarded as one of the founders of modern philosophy. Many elements of Descartes'' philosophy have precedents in late Aristotelianism, the revived Stoicism of the 16th century, or in earlier philosophers like Augustine. In his natural philosophy, he differed from the schools on two major points: first, he rejected the splitting of corporeal substance into matter and form; second, he rejected any appeal to final ends, divine or natural, in explaining natural phenomena.[20] In his theology, he insists on the absolute freedom of God''s act of creation. Refusing to accept the authority of previous philosophers, Descartes frequently set his views apart from the philosophers who preceded him. In the opening section of the Passions of the Soul, an early modern treatise on emotions, Descartes goes so far as to assert that he will write on this topic "as if no one had written on these matters before". His best known philosophical statement is "I think, therefore I am" (French: Je pense, donc je suis; Latin: cogito, ergo sum), found in Discourse on the Method (1637; written in French and Latin) and Principles of Philosophy (1644; written in Latin) 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.

Règles pour la direction de l''esprit (+Biographie et Bibliographie) (6X9po Finition Couverture Brillante): Les Règles pour la direction de l''esprit, composées entre 1628 et 1629, et publiées à titre posthume, constituent le premier grand texte philosophique de Descartes (1596-1650). Par ces règles, l''auteur vise à expliciter le mode de résolution de l''ensemble des questions qui peuvent se poser à l''homme, et à manifester la foncière unité de l''esprit, d''une manière qui annonce le Discours de la méthode (1637). La méthode y est présentée comme mise en ordre des natures, et les principales opérations de l''esprit, intuition et déduction, y sont exposées. Conjointement, Descartes formule le projet de mathesis universalis, cette science universelle qui, en tant que science générale de l''ordre et de la mesure, doit permettre de résoudre l''ensemble des questions, et pas seulement celles qui sont mathématisables au sens strict. Autant de thèmes qui font de l''étude des Règles le complément de celle du Discours de la méthode.

La dioptrique (+Biographie et Bibliographie) (6X9po Finition Couverture Brillante): La Dioptrique est un trait� de Ren� Descartes sur l''optique qui fait partie des essais (avec Les M�t�ores et La G�om�trie) compl�tant le Discours de la m�thode de 1637. Descartes y �nonce la loi des sinus concernant la r�fraction.

El Discurso del método, es una obra que pretende dar a conocer el método para poder llegar al conocimiento verdadero y encontrar la verdadEl contenido de esta obra es extenso y variado está dividida en seis partes: Primera parte: Sienta las bases del método cartesiano y habla acerca de una nueva teoría del conocimientoSegunda Parte: Es la parte más famosa de la obra. Aquí Descartes habla acerca de su método el cual es capaz deperfeccionar el conocimiento, el cual tiene como principio base la duda, como lo refleja su máxima: "pienso, luego existo".Tercera Parte: Aquí Descartes habla acerca de su "moral provisional" la cual le ayudaría a no extraviarse en la búsqueda de la verdad mientras reestructuraba su razón con ayuda del método que había descubierto.Cuarta Parte: Pretende demostrar aquí Descartes la existencia de Dios como garantía de todo conocimiento perfecto.Quinta parte: Descartes expone sus teorías acerca de la tierra y el universo, aunque no declara abiertamente que concuerda con las teorías de Galileo por temor a ser perseguido por la iglesia.Sexta parte: Habla acerca de la utilidad de la ciencia, como puede beneficiar al hombre y que debe y que no debe ser divulgado.

Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One''s Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (French: Discours de la Méthode Pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vérité dans les sciences) is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. It is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis" (English: "I think, therefore I am", or "I am thinking, therefore I exist"), which occurs in Part IV of the work. A similar argument, without this precise wording, is found in Meditations on First Philosophy (1641), and a Latin version of the same statement Cogito, ergo sum is found in Principles of Philosophy (1644). Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern philosophy, and important to the development of natural sciences.[2] In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism, which had previously been studied by other philosophers. While addressing some of his predecessors and contemporaries, Descartes modified their approach to account for a truth he found to be incontrovertible; he started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective, clear of any preconceived notions. The book was originally published in Leiden, in the Netherlands. Later, it was translated into Latin and published in 1656 in Amsterdam. The book was intended as an introduction to three works: Dioptrique, Météores and Géométrie. La Géométrie contains Descartes''s initial concepts that later developed into the Cartesian coordinate system. The text was written and published in French rather than Latin, the latter being the language in which most philosophical and scientific texts were written and published at that time. Most of Descartes'' other works were written in Latin.

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Principles of Philosophy is a book by Rene Descartes. It is basically a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy. It set forth the principles of nature—the Laws of Physics--as Descartes viewed them. Most notably, it set forth the principle that in the absence of external forces, an object''s motion will be uniform and in a straight line. Newton borrowed this principle from Descartes and included it in his own Principia; to this day, it is still generally referred to as Newton''s First Law of Motion. The book was primarily intended to replace the Aristotelian curriculum then used in French and British Universities. Descartes''s use of the word "philosophy" in the title refers to "natural philosophy", which is what science was called at that time.