Descartes a guide for the perplexed

Summary: Rene Descartes is arguably the most important seventeenth-century thinker and the father of modern philosophy. His seminal works are widely studied by students of philosophy. Yet his unique method and its divergence from the method of his scholastic predecessors and contemporaries raises complex and often challenging issues. Descartes: A Guide for the Perplexed is a clear and thorough account of Descartes' philosophy, his major works and ideas, providing an ideal guide to the important and complex thought of this key philosopher. The book covers the whole range of Descartes' philosophical work.

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ISBN: 9781441145673 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1441145672 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 9780826489852
ISBN: 0826489850
ISBN: 9780826489869
ISBN: 0826489869
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xi, 182 p.)
Publisher: London ; New York : Continuum, c2008.

Content descriptions

General Note:	CatBulkString:sept.20.12 Multi-User.
Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 167-177) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	1. Method; 2. Mind and Idea; 3. The Existence of God; 4. Knowledge; 5. Body; 6. The Mind-Body Relation; 7. Sensations, Passions, and Morals.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Restrictions unspecified
Reproduction Note:	Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.
System Details Note:	Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
Action Note:	digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve
Source of Description Note:	Description based on print version record.