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A Discourse on Method

Meditations on the First Philosophy: Principles of Philosophy

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A Discourse on Method

By: René Descartes
Narrated by: James Adams
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 By calling everything into doubt, Descartes laid the foundations of modern philosophy. With the celebrated words "I think therefore I am," his compelling argument swept aside ancient and medieval traditions. He deduced that human beings consist of minds and bodies; that these are totally distinct "substances"; that God exists and that He ensures we can trust the evidence of our senses. Ushering in the "scientific revolution" of Galileo and Newton, his ideas have set the agenda for debate ever since. His philosophical methods and investigation changed the course of Western philosophy and led to or transformed the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, physics and mathematics, political theory and ethics.Public Domain (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc. Epistemology History History & Philosophy Philosophy Science Metaphysical Mathematics
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methodical approach to create a carriculum of ancient first principles in learning. much has been superceded by modern scientific carriculum... perhaps the philosophical category still remained not formalised with evident based first principle scientific carriculum.

a good effort to formulate scientific carriculum

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Works of philosophy have to be read much slower than works of fiction. I listen to both, and it seems that the reader thinks that this is a work of fiction or an autobiography. So it was a real struggle to follow his reading of the material. Slowing it down using the audible gadget doesn't really work as then he sounds drunk !

The narrator reads too fast !

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