Project Gutenberg 2004-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 2236 Descartes, René 1596 1650 Descartes, Rene Discours de la méthode Reading ease score: 53.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Produced by Miranda van de Heijning, Renald Levesque and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) "Discours de la méthode" by René Descartes is a philosophical treatise written during the early 17th century. The work focuses on Descartes' revolutionary approach to philosophy and scientific inquiry, emphasizing the necessity of systematic doubt and the methodical search for truth as a foundation for knowledge. The opening of "Discours de la méthode" sets the stage for Descartes' philosophical journey, where he reflects on the state of knowledge and the stagnation of philosophical thought prior to his time. He speaks about the powerful influence of past thinkers and outlines his intention to reconstruct knowledge from the ground up, starting with doubt as a method to discard false beliefs. Descartes introduces key themes such as the distinction between the mind and body and the pursuit of truth through reason, establishing the foundation for his later arguments about existence and the nature of reality. This initial exploration underscores his quest to lead humanity towards a more profound understanding of existence and the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) fr Science -- Methodology Methodology B Text FR Philosophie, Religion et Morale Harvard Classics Philosophy FR Sciences et Techniques Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics 766653 762365 2024-10-06T10:03:37.218451 2023-10-06T10:48:30.059667 text/html text/html 756273 2021-01-26T09:01:14 text/html; charset=utf-8 248632 2021-01-26T09:01:15 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 331658 2024-10-06T10:03:47.195369 application/epub+zip 340951 2024-10-06T10:03:40.684363 application/epub+zip 330200 2024-10-06T10:03:39.274374 application/epub+zip 613027 2024-10-06T10:03:52.348324 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586902 2024-10-06T10:03:46.266372 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 543335 2022-09-07T13:12:09.442350 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 729575 729351 2024-10-06T10:03:36.303435 2023-10-06T10:48:29.391583 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 729427 2020-12-18T12:42:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 240871 2020-12-18T12:42:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 711988 2020-12-18T12:42:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 238709 2020-12-18T12:42:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 22426 2024-10-06T10:03:52.481320 application/rdf+xml 13673 2024-10-06T10:03:39.832370 image/jpeg 3756 2024-10-06T10:03:39.551375 image/jpeg 320413 2024-10-06T10:03:37.294408 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia