A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences

great everything as ordered

i found the book to be rather less Descartes and more associated with the publishers point of view and love with Descartes theories, although the information contained was relevant i found the lack of content Regarding the actual statements of Descartes to be rather annoying. otherwise no comment.

Looks good overall. Can't wait to read it.

Unbelievably, Ian Maclean decided, in his arrogance, to fundamentally change the wording of "Je pense, donc je suis" (I think, therefore I am" in the text to "I am thinking therefore I exist". Then, in the notes on this line, he for some reason tries to imply to the reader that Descartes wrote this line in latin, he did not, in discourse it is written in French. Therefore Maclean has literally changed Descartes own wording to what Maclean thinks he was supposed to have said instead, based on other books that Descartes wrote. Wording is crucial in philosophy. Whatever Maclean *thinks* Descartes was trying to say is irrelevant, the fact is he changed this line to fit with his own view of it. This is not a stylistic choice, this is a literal changing of the text. There was no "thinking" in the original, it was written "think". But a different translation that sticks to the exact wording Descartes himself used. Who knows what else Maclean in his greater wisdom decided to "adjust".

Descartes' reasoning is clearly 'gone the date'. The book is OK if one wants to get into the the philosopher's head as a figure the reader admires or follows but it's neither illustrating nor is the content applicable to life.

Nicely translated, has all that you want to read in it 👍🏻

French philosopher and mathematician who developed dualistic theory of mind and matter.

Well priced, but the product came slightly damaged.

this guy is so dense i cant even

A look into the writings of founder of Cartesian geometry