Descartes : The Life of Rene Descartes and Its Place in His Times

Scientist, mathematician, traveller, soldier — and spy — René Descartes has been called the ''father of modern philosophy''. Born in 1596 into an era still dominated by the medieval mindset, he was one of the chief actors in the riveting drama that ushered in the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinarily significant time in history — the first half of the miraculous seventeenth century, replete with genius in the arts and sciences, and wracked by civil and international confl...