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Discourse on Method

Discours de la methode

textual humanities text book core Lifetime Path planned

Creators

  • Rene Descartes, author

Canon Rationale

A core early modern philosophical work, included for method, doubt, reason, scientific reform, autobiographical philosophical presentation, and the public framing of Cartesian thought.

Path

Lifetime path, phase 1, rank 104.

Evidence

  • review essay: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 'Descartes' Method'.
  • museum record: Project Gutenberg, 'Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences' by Rene Descartes, translated by John Veitch.

Audit Flags

translation dependency, version dependency

Completion unit: read the complete Discourse on Method, including the autobiographical and methodological sections. Record the edition and translation if applicable.

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