Descartes : an intellectual biography /

The results of Descartes' work in mathematics and science are still of benefit to science today. This book shows how he developed his ideas and how his work informed the later studies in philosophy for which he is renowned.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Gaukroger, Stephen
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650.
Descartes, René, > 1596-1650
Philosophers > France > Biography.
Philosophes > France > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
PHILOSOPHY > History & Surveys > Modern.
Philosophers
Filosofen.
France
Frankrijk.
Nederland.
Philosophy
Electronic books.
Biography
Biographies
Biografieën (vorm)
Biographies.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • 'A learned and eloquent piety'
  • An education in propriety, 1606-1618
  • The apprenticeship with Beeckman, 1618-1619
  • The search for method, 1619-1625
  • The Paris years, 1625-1628
  • A new beginning, 1629-1630
  • A new system of the world, 1630-1633
  • The years of consolidation, 1634-1640
  • The defence of natural philosophy, 1640-1644, Melancholia and the passions, 1643-1650
  • Notes.

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