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Discourse on the Method at Project Gutenberg; Discours de la Méthode at Project Gutenberg (édition Victor Cousin, Paris 1824) Discours de la méthode, par Adam et Tannery, Paris 1902. (academic standard edition of the original text, 1637), Pdf, 80 pages, 362 kB. Contains Discourse on the Method, slightly modified for easier reading
On Modern Origins: Essays in Early Modern Philosophy (Applications of Political Theory), Pamela Kraus and Frank Hunt (eds), Lexington Books 2004, ISBN 9780739108154 Discourse on Method (Focus Philosophical Library), Translated by Richard Kennington; Edited, with Introduction and Notes, by Pamela Kraus and Frank Hunt, Focus Publishing 2007, ISBN ...
Pages for logged out editors learn more. Contributions; Talk; Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
Principles of Philosophy (Latin: Principia Philosophiae) is a book by René Descartes. In essence, it is a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy . [ 1 ] It was written in Latin , published in 1644 and dedicated to Elisabeth of Bohemia , with whom Descartes had a long-standing friendship.
The Latin cogito, ergo sum, usually translated into English as "I think, therefore I am", [a] is the "first principle" of René Descartes's philosophy. He originally published it in French as je pense, donc je suis in his 1637 Discourse on the Method, so as to reach a wider audience than Latin would have allowed. [1]
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The wax argument or the sheet of wax example is a thought experiment that René Descartes created in the second of his Meditations on First Philosophy.He devised it to analyze what properties are essential for bodies, show how uncertain our knowledge of the world is compared to our knowledge of our minds, and argue for rationalism.
Discourse is a social boundary that defines what statements can be said about a topic. Many definitions of discourse are primarily derived from the work of French philosopher Michel Foucault. In sociology, discourse is defined as "any practice (found in a wide range of forms) by which individuals imbue reality with meaning". [2]