The Essential Descartes - Paperback USED Classics

I think--therefore I am.

On these words, Rene Descartes built a system of thought that shook the monolith of Aristotelian-Thomistic philosophy to its core.  The source of outrage in their day, Descartes' writings are, to the contemporary reader, testimony to the vast potential of the human mind and spirit...both in the solutions they offer and in the countless questions they pose.

In The Essential Descartes, the passion, precision, and deep humanity of this avant-garde 17th-century thinker are presented in a selection from his most profound writings, including his Discourse on Method, Meditations on First Philosophy, and Rules for the Direction of the Mind.