Descartes, an Intellectual Biography
Rene Descartes(1596-1650) isthe father of modern philosophy, and one of the greatest of all thinkers. This is the first intellectual biography of Descartes in English; it offers afundamental reassessment of all aspects of hislifeandwork. StephenGaukroger, a leading authority on Descartes, traces his intellectual development from childhood, showing the connections between his intellectual andpersonal life and placing these in the cultural context of seventeenth-century Europe.
499 pages
English edition · First published 1995 by Clarendon Press · ISBN 9780198239949
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