Descartes: the life and times of a genius

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Author
Grayling, A. C
Publisher
Walker & Co
Publication Date
2006.
Language
English
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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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080271501

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