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Language: en
Pages: 392
Pages: 392
Type: BOOK - Published: 2002 - Publisher: David R. Godine Publisher
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Language: en
Pages: 340
Pages: 340
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-05-26 - Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Scientist, mathematician, traveler, soldier-and spy-Rene Descartes was one of the founders of the modern world. His life coincided with an extraordinary time in
Language: en
Pages: 246
Pages: 246
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-26 - Publisher: Princeton University Press
How a famous painting opens a window into the life, times, and philosophy of René Descartes In the Louvre museum hangs a portrait that is considered the iconic
Language: en
Pages: 296
Pages: 296
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Relatively compact biography of the seventeenth-century French philosopher is determined to reverse the slander of scandal in vogue among Descartes' recent biog
