Discourse on method, Optics, Geometry, and Meteorology

René Descartes

Hackett Publishing, 2001 - Philosophy - 388 pages

This volume preserves the format in which Discourse on Method was originally published: as a preface to Descartes's writings on optics, geometry, and meteorology. In his introduction, Olscamp discusses the value of reading the Discourse alongside these three works, which sheds new light on Descartes's method. Includes an updated bibliography. A reprint of the Bobbs-Merrill edition of 1965.

Contents

• Optics: 65
• the Back of the Eye: 91
• Must Have in Order to Divert Rays Through Refraction: 127
• Geometry: 177
• Problems: 228

About the author

TOC: Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences; Meditations on the First Philosphy; The Principles of Philosophy; Demonstrations of the Existence of Deity; Notes by the Translator: Perception, Idea, Objective Reality, From or Through the Senses, Thought, Innate Ideas, Formally and Eminently, Pure Intellection, Motion, Second Element.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Discourse on method, Optics, Geometry, and Meteorology
• Author: René Descartes
• Edition: illustrated, reprint, revised
• Publisher: Hackett Publishing, 2001
• ISBN: 0872205673, 9780872205673
• Length: 388 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / History & Surveys / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern