Discourse On Method, Meditations And Principles

With the celebrated words ''I think therefore I am'', Descartes'' compelling argument swept aside ancient and medieval traditions. He deduced that human beings consist of minds and bodies; that these are totally distinct ''substances''; that God exists and that He ensures we can trust the evidence of our senses.Ushering in the ''scientific revolution'' of Galileo and Newton, Descartes'' ideas have...