The fundamental proposition “Cogito ergo sum—I think, therefore I am” remains the most-cited phrase of the well-known French philosopher René Descartes. While Descartes is recognized as the foremost philosopher of his age, he was greatly respected for his work in the areas of science, mathematics, and literature as well. His writings greatly influenced philosophers throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (e.g., Spinoza, Leibniz, Malbranche, Locke). Later philosophers such as Hegel and Sartre also acknowledged his influence on their work as did Claude Bernard. In addition, his emphasis on methodology with its accompanying attempt to raise the standard of philosophical argumentation extended from his fascination for mathematics as a model of clear and certain knowledge, which progresses step by step from one irrefutable conclusion to another.
The fundamental proposition “Cogito ergo sum—I think, therefore I am” remains the most-cited phrase of the well-known French philosopher René Descartes. While Descartes is recognized as the foremost philosopher of his age, he was greatly respected for his work in the areas of science, mathematics, and literature as well. His writings greatly influenced philosophers throughout the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (e.g., Spinoza, Leibniz, Malbranche, Locke). Later philosophers such as Hegel and Sartre also acknowledged his influence on their work as did Claude Bernard. In addition, his emphasis on methodology with its accompanying attempt to raise the standard of philosophical argumentation extended from his fascination for mathematics as a model of clear and certain knowledge, which progresses step by step from one irrefutable conclusion to another.
Discourse on Method (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): And Meditations on the First Philosophy
176Discourse on Method (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): And Meditations on the First Philosophy
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ISBN-13: | 9781411428393 |
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Publisher: | Barnes & Noble |
Publication date: | 09/01/2009 |
Series: | Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading |
Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
Format: | eBook |
Pages: | 176 |
File size: | 587 KB |