Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius

Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius

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A.C. Grayling
A.C. Grayling
2006 • 368 pages

Examines the life of René Descartes, the seminal scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier, and spy who transformed seventeenth-century Europe and became the father of modern philosophy.

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