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René Descartes

Forfatterbiografi

René Descartes (1596–1650) var en fransk matematiker, filosof og teoretiker, ofte regnet som en nøglefigur i overgangen til den moderne filosofi. Han skrev sine hovedværker på både fransk og latin og medvirkede dermed til at flytte filosofien fra primært at være knyttet til lærde latinmiljøer til også at nå et bredere publikum. Hans arbejde spændte over metafysik, erkendelsesteori og naturfilosofi, og han er særligt kendt for den metodelære, der præsenteres i Discours de la méthode (1637), hvor han begrunder en systematisk tilgang til at søge sikker viden. Descartes’ betydning for litteraturen ligger især i hans stil og form: en klar, argumenterende essayform på fransk med selvbiografiske og metodiske elementer, som samtidig satte standard for moderne videnskrav. Blandt hans kendte værker kan nævnes Meditations on First Philosophy og Principles of Philosophy, som udbygger hans metafysiske projekt. Descartes’ indflydelse rækker ud over filosofihistorien, fordi hans metode- og rationalitetsideal kom til at præge både videnskabelig tænkning og den intellektuelle prosa i den tidlige modernitet.

Bøger af René Descartes

'Key Philosophical Writings'
'Key Philosophical Writings'

Bog | Engelsk

Translated by Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross. Edited with an Introduction by Enrique Chavez-Arvizo. Rene Descartes (1569-1650), the father of modern philosophy, is without doubt one of the greatest thinkers in history: his genius lies at the core of

'Meditations'
'Meditations'

Bog | Engelsk

Widely regarded as the father of modern Western philosophy, Descartes sought to look beyond established ideas and create a thought system based on reason. In this profound work he meditates on doubt, the human soul, God, truth and the nature of existence

'Meditations on First Philosophy'
'Meditations on First Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

Ren Descartes (1596-1650) is not only one of the men who belongs in the pantheon of the West's greatest thinkers: he influenced everyone else who belongs there too. Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who spent most of his lif

'Meditations on First Philosophy'
'Meditations on First Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

Meditations on First Philosophy Ren Descartes (1596 - 1650), Translated by John Veitch (1829 - 1894) After several years working on a treatise putting forth his mechanistic philosophy and physics, Descartes shelved the project when his contemporary, Galil

'A Discourse on the Method'
'A Discourse on the Method'

Bog | Engelsk

'I concluded that I was a substance whose whole essence or nature resides only in thinking, and which, in order to exist, has no need of place and is not dependent on any material thing.' Descartes's A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Cond

'Meditations on First Philosophy'
'Meditations on First Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

Here is a brilliant new translation of Descartes's Meditations, one of the most influential books in the history of Western philosophy, including the full texts of the Third and Fourth Objections and Replies, and a selection from the other exchanges.

'Meditations On First Philosophy'
'Meditations On First Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

An Unabridged, Unaltered Printing of the Meditations of Descartes, seventh edition, Translated by John Veitch, To Include: Dedication - Preface - Synopsis of the Meditations - Meditations I through VI - with author's timeline at book's end.

'Meditations on First Philosophy'
'Meditations on First Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise written by René Descartes first published in Latin in 1641. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things which are not absolutely certain, and th

'Discourse on Method and the Meditations'
'Discourse on Method and the Meditations'

Bog | Engelsk

René Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing

'Discourse on Method and Related Writings'
'Discourse on Method and Related Writings'

Bog | Engelsk

This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science. Includes DISCOURSE ON METHOD, the most accessibl

'Meditations on First Philosophy'
'Meditations on First Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

'It is some years now since I realized how many false opinions I had accepted as true from childhood onwards...I saw that at some stage in my life the whole structure would have to be utterly demolished' In Descartes's Meditations, one of the

'Discourse on Method'
'Discourse on Method'

Bog | Engelsk

The Discourse on the Method for Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences offers a concise presentation and defense of René Descartes' method of intellectual inquiry - a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reaso

'The Geometry of Rene Descartes'
'The Geometry of Rene Descartes'

Bog | Engelsk

This is an unabridged republication of the definitive English translation of one of the very greatest classics of science. Originally published in 1637, it has been characterized as "the greatest single step ever made in the progress of the exact sci

'Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings'
'Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings'

Bog | Engelsk

One of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy, René Descartes' Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings is translated from the Latin with an introduction by Desmond M. Clarke in Penguin Classics. Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in h

'Principles of Philosophy'
'Principles of Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

Principles of Philosophy was written in Latin by René Descartes. Published in 1644, it was intended to replace Aristotle's philosophy and traditional Scholastic Philosophy. This volume contains a letter of the author to the French translator of the Pr

'Discourse on the Method'
'Discourse on the Method'

Bog | Engelsk

Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by Ren? Descartes in 1637. It is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis" (I think, therefore I am), which occurs in Part IV of t

'Meditationen'
'Meditationen'

Bog | Tysk

Die Neuausgabe der "Meditationen" über die Erste Philosophie bietet das Hauptwerk Descartes' in einer durchgängig neuen deutschen Übersetzung. Sie erhebt erstmals die Einheitlichkeit der Terminologie zum leitenden Kriterium und erfüllt damit

'Meditationer over den første filosofi'
'Meditationer over den første filosofi'

Bog | Dansk

Den nye filosofis hovedværk om rationalitetens altafgørende kraft. I "Meditationer over den første filosofi" præsenterer Descartes sit berømte "Cogito, ergo sum" argument, hvilket på dansk betyder "jeg tænker, derfor er jeg",

'Meditations on First Philosophy'
'Meditations on First Philosophy'

Bog | Engelsk

Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise written by René Descartes first published in Latin in 1641. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things which are not absolutely certain, and th