Descartes: A Very Short Introduction, Tom Sorell
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Descartes: A Very Short Introduction

Author: Tom Sorell

Narrator: Barbara Edelman

Unabridged: 3 hr 36 min

Format: Digital Audiobook

Publisher: Tantor Audio

Published: 05/31/2021

Genre: Biography & Autobiography - Philosophers

Synopsis

Descartes is perhaps best known for his statement, "Cogito, ergo sum," the cornerstone of his metaphysics. But he did not intend the metaphysics to stand apart from his scientific work, which included important investigations into physics, mathematics, and optics. In this book, Sorell shows that Descarates was, above all, an advocate and practitioner of the new mathematical approach to physics, and that he developed his philosophies to support his discoveries in the sciences.

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