Rene Descartes

Regles Pour La Direction De L'esprit Rene Descartes

Publisher Marketing: Les Regles pour la direction de l'esprit (Regulae ad directionem ingenii, vers 1628 - 1629) est une uvre inachevee de Descartes. Il y expose des regles pour diriger son esprit. Elles sont au nombre de 21. Chaque regle est enoncee, puis (pour les 18 premieres seulement) commentee par Descartes." Contributor Bio:  Descartes, Rene Ren? Descartes, known as the Father of Modern Philosophy and inventor of Cartesian coordinates, was a seventeenth century French philosopher, mathematician, and writer. Descartes made significant contributions to the fields of philosophy and mathematics, and was a proponent of rationalism, believing strongly in fact and deductive reasoning. Working in both French and Latin, he wrote many mathematical and philosophical works including The World, Discourse on a Method, Meditations on First Philosophy, and Passions of the Soul. He is perhaps best known for originating the statement I think, therefore I am.