by René Descartes · Edicions 62 · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788429761290
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«Discurs del mètode» is the philosophical essay by René Descartes, published by Edicions 62 in paperback (224 pages, in Catalan).
«Discurs del mètode» is Descartes' intellectual autobiography: it narrates his decision to doubt what was known in order to found solid knowledge. It includes three scientific essays, «La dióptrica», «Los meteoros» and «La geometría», which show the usefulness of his method. By writing it in French, he moved away from scholasticism and initiated modern rationalism.
Catalan edition with translation by Pere Lluís Font, in the Educació 62 collection. The work was originally published in French in 1637.
For philosophy students and readers interested in the origin of modern thought.
René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science during the Renaissance era. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry.
