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René Descartes

Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

Nonfiction | Book | Adult | Published in 1637

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Essay Topics

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Why does Descartes feel it necessary to employ doubt as his method for the discovery of truth?

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Why does Descartes believe that a triangle is an adequate metaphor to show the existence of the idea of God and the soul?

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Why does Descartes privilege ideas that are clear and distinct as opposed to confused and obscure?