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René Descartes (1596–1650)

Autor(a) de Meditations on First Philosophy

446+ Works 17,177 Membros 128 Críticas 24 Favorited

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Best known for the quote from his Meditations de prima philosophia, or Meditations on First Philosophy (1641), "I think therefore I am," philosopher and mathematician Rene Descartes also devoted much of his time to the studies of medicine, anatomy and meteorology. Part of his Discourse on the mostrar mais Method for Rightly Conducting One's Reason and Searching for the Truth in the Sciences (1637) became the foundation for analytic geometry. Descartes is also credited with designing a machine to grind hyperbolic lenses, as part of his interest in optics. Rene Descartes was born in 1596 in La Haye, France. He began his schooling at a Jesuit college before going to Paris to study mathematics and to Poitiers in 1616 to study law. He served in both the Dutch and Bavarian military and settled in Holland in 1629. In 1649, he moved to Stockholm to be a philosophy tutor to Queen Christina of Sweden. He died there in 1650. Because of his general fame and philosophic study of the existence of God, some devout Catholics, thinking he would be canonized a saint, collected relics from his body as it was being transported to France for burial. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Obras por René Descartes

Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) 3,880 exemplares
Discourse on Method (1637) — Autor — 2,668 exemplares
The Geometry of René Descartes (1637) 256 exemplares
Descartes: Philosophical Writings (1954) 221 exemplares
The Essential Descartes (1969) 206 exemplares
Principles of Philosophy (1967) 143 exemplares
Descartes Selections (1927) 138 exemplares
Descartes: Philosophical Essays (1707) 109 exemplares
Descartes philosophical writings (1952) 88 exemplares
Descartes : Oeuvres et lettres (1953) — Autor — 63 exemplares
Essential Works of Descartes (1961) 44 exemplares
Meditations & Other Writings (2011) 42 exemplares
Descartes' Philosophical Writings (1958) 34 exemplares
Philosophical Letters (1970) 24 exemplares
The World (1979) 22 exemplares
Descartes (1979) 22 exemplares
Valda skrifter (1990) 14 exemplares
The Works of Rene Descartes (2010) 12 exemplares
The living thoughts of Descartes (1948) 12 exemplares
Le passioni dell'anima (2003) 12 exemplares
Os Pensadores: Descartes (1973) 11 exemplares
Teoksia ja kirjeitä (1994) 11 exemplares
De uitgelezen Descartes (1999) 11 exemplares
Il Mondo. L'uomo (1996) 8 exemplares
Ausgewählte Schriften (1980) 6 exemplares
René Descartes (1991) — Autor — 6 exemplares
René Descartes (1960) 5 exemplares
Válogatott filozófiai művek (1980) 5 exemplares
As Paixões da Alma (2009) 4 exemplares
Principios da Filosofia (2009) 4 exemplares
Choix de lettres 112696 (1993) 3 exemplares
Segno e linguaggio (2000) 3 exemplares
I principi della filosofia (1992) 3 exemplares
Méditations métaphysiques (2021) 3 exemplares
Parimet e filozofise 3 exemplares
Brief over de liefde (2007) 2 exemplares
Selected Writings (1995) 2 exemplares
Oeuvres choisies, Morale (1955) 2 exemplares
Correspondance t.2 (2013) 2 exemplares
Correspondance t.1 (2013) 2 exemplares
Soylem Kurallar Meditasyonlar (2013) 2 exemplares
Lettres sur l'amour (2013) 2 exemplares
Opera philosophica 2 exemplares
Discurso do método 2 exemplares
Oeuvres de Descartes 2 exemplares
Treatise On Man — Autor — 1 exemplar
Metafizik Üzerine 1 exemplar
Сочинения (2006) 1 exemplar
O Discurso do Método (1990) 1 exemplar
Zasady filozofii 1 exemplar
Tra utopia e realtà (2005) 1 exemplar
Opere 1 exemplar
Meditacions metafísiques (2011) 1 exemplar
Lettere 1619-1648 (2015) 1 exemplar
1: 1618-1637 1 exemplar
He Freed the Minds of Men (1969) 1 exemplar
Briefe 1629 - 1650 1 exemplar
Discourse on the Method (2018) 1 exemplar
Dioptryka (2018) 1 exemplar
Texte Fundamentale 1 exemplar
Oeuvres et lettres 1 exemplar
Méditations 1 exemplar
Rinktiniai raštai 1 exemplar
2: 1638-1642 1 exemplar
Os pensadores 1 exemplar
Selections 1 exemplar
Obra Escolhida 1 exemplar
Selections (1955) 1 exemplar
Cartas 1 exemplar
Lumea 1 exemplar
Descartes vol I 1 exemplar
Lettres (2005) 1 exemplar
O discurso do método (1989) 1 exemplar
Discurso Del Metodo, El (1972) 1 exemplar
El discurso del método (2020) 1 exemplar
Obras completas 1 exemplar
El discurso del Metodo (1974) 1 exemplar
Philosophie Jetzt! Descartes (1997) 1 exemplar
Opere scientifiche 1 exemplar
Oeuvres complètes (2015) 1 exemplar
Oeuvres de René Descartes (2012) 1 exemplar
List do Voetiusa (1998) 1 exemplar
Briefe 1 exemplar
Ahlak Uzerine Mektuplar (2015) 1 exemplar
Cogito ergo sum (2013) 1 exemplar
Oeuvres choisies 1 exemplar
Il discorso sul metodo (1637) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche (1960) — Contribuidor — 435 exemplares
Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings (2002) — Contribuidor — 287 exemplares
The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant (2000) — Contribuidor — 200 exemplares
Western Philosophy: An Anthology (1996) — Autor, algumas edições184 exemplares
The Scientific Background to Modern Philosophy: Selected Readings (1989) — Contribuidor — 148 exemplares
The World of Mathematics, Volume 1 (1956) — Contribuidor — 125 exemplares
Soul: An Archaeology--Readings from Socrates to Ray Charles (1994) — Contribuidor — 101 exemplares
Metaphysics: A Guide and Anthology (2004) — Contribuidor — 73 exemplares
Materialism and the mind-body problem (1971) — Contribuidor — 70 exemplares
Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners (2002) — Contribuidor — 57 exemplares
The Range of Philosophy: Introductory Readings (1964) — Contribuidor — 52 exemplares
The Sheed and Ward Anthology of Catholic Philosophy (2005) — Contribuidor — 27 exemplares
Philosophy now : an introductory reader (1972) — Contribuidor — 24 exemplares
Britannica Great Books: Bacon, Descartes, Spinoza (1990) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
Philosophical Issues: A Contemporary Introduction (1972) — Contribuidor — 17 exemplares
Descartes par lui-même (1956) — Contribuidor — 8 exemplares
Wijsgerige teksten over de wereld (1964) — Contribuidor — 2 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome canónico
Descartes, René
Nome legal
Descartes, René
Outros nomes
Cartesius, Renatus
Data de nascimento
1596-03-31
Data de falecimento
1650-02-11
Localização do túmulo
Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Paris, France
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
France
País (no mapa)
France
Local de nascimento
Descartes, Indre-et-Loire, Centre, Frankrijk
Local de falecimento
Stockholm, Sweden
Causa da morte
Maladie (Pneumonie)
Locais de residência
La Haye en Touraine, France
La Flèche, France
Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France
Poitiers, France
Franeker, Netherlands
Amsterdam, Netherlands (mostrar todos 17)
Leyden, Netherlands
Deventer, Netherlands
Harderwijk, Netherlands
Utrecht, Netherlands
Amersfoort, Netherlands
Leeuwarden, Netherlands
Oegstgeest, Netherlands
Santpoort, Netherlands
Egmond aan den Hoef, Netherlands
Egmond Binnen, Netherlands
Stockholm, Sweden
Educação
University of Poitiers (1616)
Jesuit College, La Fleche
Ocupações
philosopher
mathematician
teacher
Relações
Princess Elizabeth of Bohemia (correspondent)
Queen Christina of Sweden (student)
Organizações
Armée du duc Maximilien de Bavière (1919|1623)
Ecole de guerre de Maurice de Nassau, Price d'Orange, Pays-Bas (1918|1919)

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René Descartes, the French philosopher, mathematician, and writer, is known as the father of modern philosophy and the father of analytical geometry. He was a pioneer of rationalist thought and a key figure in the Scientific Revolution of the 16th-17th centuries in Europe; his influence is still felt today. He's perhaps best known in our day for the statement, "cogito ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), found in his Discourse on the Method (1637) and Principles of Philosophy (1644).

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Cogito ergo sum. 'Penso, logo existo.' Tal proposição resume o espírito de René Descartes (1596-1650), sábio francês cujo 'Discurso do método' inaugurou a filosofia moderna. Em 1637, em uma época em que a força da razão tal qual a conhecemos era muito mais do que incipiente, e em que textos filosóficos eram escritos em latim, voltados apenas para os doutores, Descartes publicou 'Discurso do método', redigido em língua vulgar, isto é, o francês. Ele defendia o 'uso público' da razão e escreveu o ensaio pensando em uma audiência ampla. Queria que a razão - este privilégio único dos seres humanos - fosse exatamente isso, um privilégio de todos homens dotados de senso comum.… (mais)
 
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Obras
446
Also by
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Membros
17,177
Popularidade
#1,294
Avaliação
½ 3.6
Críticas
128
ISBN
1,051
Línguas
31
Marcado como favorito
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