Discourse on the Method
Descartes examines his education and proposes changing his desires before trying to change fortune. His provisional rules concern how to act while inquiry continues, rather than a guarantee of complete mental control.
Who it suits
Readers interested in mind, doubt, self-control.
Reading experience
Demanding; philosophical argument, older translation and long sentences. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.
The edition
- Edition
- English electronic edition; Project Gutenberg eBook 59; John Veitch translation; underlying print publisher unspecified; catalogue HTML ISBN
- Language
- English
- Translator
- John Veitch
- ISBN
- 9798238000596
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