By E. M. Curley
ISBN-10: 0674198263
ISBN-13: 9780674198265
E. M. Curley is understood for his ability at lucid exposition and cogen research of seventeenth-century philosophy. during this publication he turns to Descartes, who is still a significant determine within the Western philosophical culture. whereas facing such a lot of Descartes' seminal contributions, he concentrates at the matters that pose specified difficulties for contemporary scholars: the dream argument, wisdom of one's personal life and psychological states, the circle, the arguments for God's life, and the declare that brain and physique are unique.
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