THE year 1936 marked the tricentenary of Descartes' “Discourse on Method”, so Prof. Roth's study is both timely and welcome. A turning point in European thought, the “Discourse” has a story of its own ...
1637: Descartes publishes his Discourse on the Method for Guiding One's Reason and Searching for Truth in the Sciences, the source of the famous quote, "I think, therefore I am." He outlines his rules ...
Rene Descartes (1596–1650) is the author of perhaps the most famous philosophical quote of all, cogito ergo sum, usually rendered as I think, therefore I am. There is however more to this quote, and ...