Discourse on Method and Related Writings
Descartes, Rene / Clarke, Desmond M. / Clarke, Desmond M. / Clarke, Desmond M. The age of Newton marks one of the great turning points in intellectual history, and Descartes has a key place at its very heart. Designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science, this is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. Descartes did major research in optics, geometry, astronomy, and physiology, although (partly because Galileo had just been c...