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Ep. 231: Descartes's "Discourse" on Wisdom and Certainty (Part One)
Published 6 years, 10 months ago
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On René Descartes's Discourse on Method (1637), an overview of his work that distills his method, outlines his famous Meditations, presents a provisional (Stoic) ethics, and considers whether he wants to be a public intellectual. This is all meant as a preface to scientific publications on geometry, optics, and meteors.