Descartes' System of Natural Philosophy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780521808972)

Towards the end of his life, Descartes published the first four parts of a projected six-part work, The Principles of Philosophy. This was intended to be the definitive statement of his complete system of philosophy, dealing with everything from cosmology to the nature of human happiness. Stephen Gaukroger examines the system, and reconstructs the last two parts, "On Living Things" and "On Man", from Descartes' other writings. He relates the work to the tradition of late Scholastic textbooks which it follows, and also to Descartes' other philosophical writings.

Author: Stephen Gaukroger
ISBN-10: 0521808979
ISBN-13: 9780521808972
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 03/21/2002
Pages: 268
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.00w x 0.80d