by René Descartes · Alianza · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420617367
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«Discurso del método» is the philosophical essay by René Descartes, published by Alianza in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).
In this foundational work of modern philosophy, Descartes sets out his methodical doubt and defends reason as the path to truth. Written in the first person, the essay is also a chronicle of his intellectual formation and marks a break with medieval scholastic thought, laying the foundations of rationalism.
Original title: Discours de la méthode. Belongs to Alianza's El Libro de Bolsillo, number 736, Classics section. Translation from French, preliminary study and notes by Risieri Frondizi.
Aimed at philosophy students and readers interested in the classics of Western thought.
René Descartes was a French philosopher, scientist, logician, and mathematician, widely considered a seminal figure in the emergence of modern philosophy and science during the Renaissance era. Mathematics was paramount to his method of inquiry, and he connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry.
