Books : Descartes in 90 Minutes (Philosophers in 90 Minutes)
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by: Paul Strathern
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 194
EAN: 9781566631297
ISBN: 1566631297
Label: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Manufacturer: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 91
Publication Date: September 25, 1996
Publisher: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
Sales Rank: 713541
Studio: Ivan R. Dee, Publisher
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In Descartes in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Descartes's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Descartes's work; a brief list of suggested reading for those who wish to push further; and chronologies that place Descartes within his own age and in the broader scheme of philosophy.
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Rating:  - Find about Descartes somewhere else
Don't waste your money; go to Wikipedia instead. You'll get better and more objective information about Descartes there. The author takes a very subjective position and not only presents aspects of Descartes life, (and not so much his ideas), but also takes every opportunity to disparage and criticize other thinkers. Some times is even laughable.
I'm not sure what point he was trying to make but he mentions and celebrates the fact that Descartes used to get up at noon at least ten times during ... Read More
Rating:  - A study into the mind of a genius.
Rene Descartes was one of A kind, not only a philosopher,
mathematician, physicist,and Isaac Newtons mentor. He was
a good person looking for truth. What I admired the most
about Descartes; was his search for God & his truths. He
knew that the physical body was separate from the spirit
body, interestingly so did Aristotle; who descartes had
studied with great interest.
Rating: - The life and the main ideas of the work
Descartes was like so many of the great philosophers orphaned when young. A lonely child never given much affection he wandered the world never really able to make a place home. But when he wandered he thought. And his thought was remarkably original not only in philosophy, but in various sciences including astronomy and physics, and in mathematics. He made major contributions in more than one area including supplying the Cartesian coordinates idea for mathematics. His great achievement according to ... Read More
Rating:  - Entertaining biography, but philosophy too sketchy
Anyone who attempts to make philosophy accessible to non-academics certainly has the tip of my hat, but DESCARTES IN 90 MINUTES sacrifices too much substance in the interest of readability. This book would be OK for a high school student preparing a short paper or presentation on French philosopher/mathematician Rene Descarte, but for those of us who are motivated by anything more than casual curiosity about philosophers will be left unsatisfied.
I did learn quite a few facts from this very ... Read More
Rating: - Strathern Review
Starthern's goal is to provide a quick, flawless guide to the major thinkers of the world: I'm unclear as to whether he succeeded or not. I suppose he succeeds simply because he has published these works, people buy them, and they are quite popular. I am not a stickler for erudition, I would have like to have learned from this series, but there just isn't enough information on the philosopher's work. If you're in a philosophy class and want to get a quick preview of what you're going to learn, chances ... Read More
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