Discourse on Method (Barnes & Noble Library of Essential Reading): And Meditations on the First Philosophy

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 Heg...