René Descartes audiobooks
Descartes 1596 – Stockholm 1650
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René Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist whose work was foundational to mathematics and modern philosophy. He connected the previously separate fields of geometry and algebra into analytic geometry and introduced a systematic method of inquiry that became influential in early modern philosophy.
Life & works
- 1596Born in Descartes
- 1637Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences
- 1641Six Metaphysical Meditations
- 1650Dies in Stockholm
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Where should I start with René Descartes?
Six Metaphysical Meditations is the best-known René Descartes title here, and its first chapter plays free on its page. After that, try Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences.
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The first chapter of every book plays free with no account. A free account adds the opening chapters of every book, plus one whole book of your choice from a shelf of five classics. Every Descartes title is in the full library: $4.99 a month or $49 a year after a 7-day free trial.
How long are René Descartes's audiobooks?
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences is the shortest at 1 hr 51 min and Six Metaphysical Meditations the longest at 2 hr 56 min — about 5 hours in all.