Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius by A.C. Grayling

Descartes: The Life and Times of a Genius

A.C. Grayling

368 pages first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction biography history philosophy challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier—and spy—Rene Descartes was one of the founders of the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinary time in history: the first half of the miraculous seventeenth century, replete with genius in ...

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