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  • Philosophical Works

    by Descartes ...
    Translated by John Veitch ...
    René Descartes is spoken of as the father of modern philosophy, his seventeenth-century contributions the most significant since Aristotle. Collected here are three of his central works: the "Discourse on the Method," the "Meditations on the First Philosophy," and selections from the "Principles of Philosophy."The "Discourse" was first published as an introduction to treatises on optics, ... Read more

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  • The Complete Harvard Classics 2024 Edition [newly updated]

    by Benjamin Franklin, Plato, William Shakespeare, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Charles Darwin, John Woolman, William Penn, Epictetus, Marcus Aurelius, Francis Bacon, John Milton, Thomas Browne, Robert Burns, Saint Augustine, Thomas á Kempis, Aeschylus, Sophocles, Euripides, Aristophanes, Cicero, Adam Smith, Pliny the Younger, Plutarch, Virgil, Miguel De Cervantes Saavedra, John Bunyan, Izaak Walton, Anonymous, Aesop, Grimm Brothers, Hans Christian Andersen, John Dryden, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Oliver Goldsmith, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, Lord Byron, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Christopher Marlowe, Dante Alighieri, Alessandro Manzoni, Homer, Richard Henry Dana Jr, Edmund Burke, John Stuart Mill, Thomas Carlyle, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Molière, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Tacitus, Philiip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, René Descartes, Voltaire, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Thomas Malory, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Hippocrates, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lyell, Confucius, Christian, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Blaise Pascal, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Jane Austen, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, Charles Dickens, George Eliot, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Leo Tolstoy, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Ivan Turgenev, Juan Valera, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander L. Kielland ...
    This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure! The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of ... Read more

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  • The Rene Descartes Collection

    by Rene Descartes, Steppenwolf Press ...
    Explore the transformative works of René Descartes, the philosopher and mathematician who forever changed the way we understand the world. The René Descartes Collection weaves together his most influential writings, providing a seamless narrative of his revolutionary ideas.Rules for the Direction of the Mind introduces Descartes’ early vision for rational inquiry. Though unfinished, this treatise ... Read more

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  • Meditations on First Philosophy

    by Rene Descartes ...
    "Meditations on First Philosophy" as a response to the skepticism prevalent in his time and as an attempt to establish a foundation for certain knowledge. He wanted to find a method that would lead to indubitable truths, free from doubt, and build a solid philosophical system based on these certain foundations.Method of Doubt: Similar to his approach in "Discourse on the Method," Descartes begins ... Read more

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  • The Enlightenment Collection

    by Baruch Spinoza, John Locke, Friedrich Engels, Thomas Paine, Karl Marx, Rene Descartes, David Hume, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Henry David Thoreau, Charles Darwin, Steppenwolf Press ...
    The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on the sovereignty of reason and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government and separation of church and state. In France, the central doctrines of the Enlightenment philosophers were individual liberty and religious tolerance, in ... Read more

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  • Situating and Safeguarding Young People in the Caribbean

    by Terri-Ann Gilbert Roberts, Safia King, George Danns, Donna Danns, Princess Beauty Bhagoutie, Randy Seepersad, Linda Mohammed, Sarah Richards, Keisha C. Samlal, Christine Descartes, Felicia Frederick-Davis, Marcus Kissoon, Mala Ramesar, Shanique Joseph, Henry Bailey, Fareena Alladin, Joni Lee Pow, Gerald Hutchinson, Godfrey St. Bernard ...
    This interdisciplinary collection draws on the insights of poets, academics, policy makers and practitioners to offer new ways of understanding and responding to the social, psychological and structural challenges facing Caribbean youth today.Using decolonial and social ecological frameworks, the chapters expose how power, knowledge and practice intersect in the lives of young people and propose ... Read more

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  • The Complete Harvard Classics - ALL 71 Volumes: The Five Foot Shelf & The Shelf of Fiction: The Famous Anthology of the Greatest Works of World Literature

    by Charles Darwin, John Milton, Molière, Anonymous, Plato, Adam Smith, Francis Bacon, Aesop, Oliver Goldsmith, Epictetus, Benjamin Franklin, Confucius, Virgil, Christopher Marlowe, Marcus Aurelius, Thomas Carlyle, Saint Augustine, Aristophanes, William Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripides, Tacitus, Sophocles, Plutarch, Dante Alighieri, Edmund Burke, Cicero, John Dryden, Grimm Brothers, Robert Burns, William Penn, Izaak Walton, Thomas Browne, Charles Eliot, Lord Byron, . Homer, . Voltaire, John Woolman, Jane Austen, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Washington Irving, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas á Kempis, Pliny the Younger, Miguel Cervantes De Saavedra, Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Robert Browning, Alessandro Manzoni, Richard Henry Dana Jr, John Stuart Mill, Pedro Calderón de la Barca, Pierre Corneille, Jean Racine, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Friedrich von Schiller, Michael Faraday, Hermann von Helmholtz, Lord Kelvin, Simon Newcomb, Sir Archibald Geikie, Benvenuto Cellini, Michel de Montaigne, Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve, Ernest Renan, Immanuel Kant, Giuseppe Mazzini, Herodotus, Philiip Nichols, Francis Pretty, Walter Bigges, Edward Haies, Walter Raleigh, Thomas Hobbes, Jean Froissart, Sir Thomas Malory, William Harrison, Niccolò Machiavelli, William Roper, Sir Thomas More, Martin Luther, John Locke, George Berkeley, David Hume, Hippocrates, Ambroise Paré, William Harvey, Edward Jenner, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Joseph Lister, Louis Pasteur, Charles Lyell, Thomas Dekker, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher, John Webster, Philip Massinger, Henry Fielding, Laurence Sterne, Sir Walter Scott, William Makepeace Thackeray, George Eliot, Edgar Allan Poe, Francis Bret Harte, Samuel L. Clemens, Edward Everett Hale, Henry James, Victor Hugo, Honoré de Balzac, George Sand, Alfred de Musset, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Gottfried Keller, Theodor Storm, Theodor Fontane, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Juan Valera, Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson, Alexander L. Kielland, Charles Dickens, Hans Christian Andersen, Leo Tolstoy, Nathaniel Hawthorne, John Bunyan, René Descartes, Thomas Malory, Christian, Blaise Pascal, Ivan Turgenev ...
    The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus ... Read more

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  • The Collected Works of René Descartes (Golden Deer Classics)

    by René Descartes, Golden Deer Classics ...
    The father of modern western philosophy, René Descartes formulated the first modern version of mind-body dualism, promoting the development of a new science grounded in observation and experiment. Applying an original system of methodical doubt, he dismissed apparent knowledge derived from the senses and reason, establishing a new epistemic foundation on the basis of intuition, expressed in the ... Read more

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  • Meditations on First Philosophy

    by René Descartes ...
    The appearance of "Meditations on First Philosophy" in 1641 marked a dramatic turning point in the history of Western thought.In "Meditations on the First Philosophy", René Descartes delves into epistemology, or the theory of knowledge. He asks questions such as whether there is such a thing as knowledge, and if so, what distinguishes it from opinion. However, in order to answer these questions ... Read more

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  • Meditations on First Philosophy

    Enriched edition. A Philosophical Treatise in Which the Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul Are Demonstrated

    by René Descartes, Gavin Avery ...
    Translated by John Veitch ...
    In "Meditations on First Philosophy," René Descartes embarks on a meticulous journey of doubt and inquiry, seeking foundational truths in a world rife with assumptions. Written in a reflective and methodical style, the work unfolds over six meditations, offering a paradigm shift that seeks to establish knowledge on indubitable grounds. Descartes deftly employs skepticism as a tool, famously ... Read more

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  • Discourse on the Method

    by René Descartes ...
    The "Discourse on the Method" is a philosophical and mathematical essay published by René Descartes in 1637. This work is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis" ("I think, therefore I am"). In addition, in one of its appendices, La Géométrie, is contained Descartes' first introduction of the Cartesian coordinate system, being the base of the Epistemology known as ... Read more

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  • Discourse on Method

    by René Descartes ...
    Descartes's revolutionary treatise on reason and scientific thought, which sparked radical breakthroughs in mathematics, philosophy, and metaphysicsAfter he finished school, René Descartes was left with more doubts than certainties. His Jesuit education included some of the best teaching available in mathematics, physics, and letters, and yet Descartes found the foundations of his schooling hollow ... Read more

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