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Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences
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Descartes' foundational philosophical treatise lays out his method of systematic doubt and rational inquiry, including the famous principle "I think, therefore I am." Students of philosophy, history of science, and early modern thought will find it essential reading.
René Descartes
René Descartes was a French polymath, active across philosophy, including metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and the philosophy of science; theology; mathematics, in which he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry; science, including physics, optics, mechanics, cosmology, and meteorology; physiology; and medicine. He has been credited as the father of modern philosophy, particularly due to his transformation of methodology by introducing a systematic, method-based approach to pursuing knowledge.
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