Discourse on the Method - Descartes

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3、he’.Firstlaunched:June2005Lastamended:November2007ContentsPart11Part25Part311Part414Part518Part624DiscourseontheMethodRenéDescartesPart1Ifthisdiscourseseemstoolongtobereadatasittingyoumaydivideitintosixparts.In1youwillfindvariousconsiderationsregardingthesciences;in2themainrulesofthemethodthattheau

4、thorhassought;in3someofthemoralruleshehasderivedfromthismethod;in4theargumentsbywhichheprovestheexistenceofGodandthehumansoul,onwhichhismetaphysicsisbased;in5theorderofthequestionsinphysicsthathehasinvestigated,particularlytheexplanationofthemovementoftheheartandofsomeotherproblemsinthemedicalsphe

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