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Discourse on the Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
René Descartes, René Descartes
3.44 AVERAGE
133 reviews for:
Discourse on the Method and Meditations on First Philosophy
René Descartes, René Descartes
3.44 AVERAGE
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
medium-paced
*It should be noted that I missed several sections of this book, because I read it for a course that only required partial reading.
Rene Descartes was obviously a very intelligent man. The method he describes in this book led to revolutionary scientific advances, and he is to be applauded for that. However, applying such a radical skepticism to ideas of every day existence is an exhaustive exercise with no satisfactory endgame. He convinced himself that he was employing his intellect in order to find truth. Yet, his meditations read as though he chased his ideas in circles until they were sufficiently wound and knotted, like a ball of yarn in the grasp of an overexcited kitten, and then preceded to declare the convoluted labyrinth of faith disguised as logic to be rational evidence.
That being said, I'm still glad I read it. It's never a bad thing to experience other perspectives or schools of thought, no matter how absurdly hyperbolic they might be.
Rene Descartes was obviously a very intelligent man. The method he describes in this book led to revolutionary scientific advances, and he is to be applauded for that. However, applying such a radical skepticism to ideas of every day existence is an exhaustive exercise with no satisfactory endgame. He convinced himself that he was employing his intellect in order to find truth. Yet, his meditations read as though he chased his ideas in circles until they were sufficiently wound and knotted, like a ball of yarn in the grasp of an overexcited kitten, and then preceded to declare the convoluted labyrinth of faith disguised as logic to be rational evidence.
That being said, I'm still glad I read it. It's never a bad thing to experience other perspectives or schools of thought, no matter how absurdly hyperbolic they might be.
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It’s weird even giving this a rating because it’s like a philosophical tract and a classic but anyway he has some good ideas I like a lot but he gets too confused by language, contradicts himself, and has some pretty shit proofs especially for the existence of God/objects/etc. Also the writing is very dry and hard to read
Some of the inferences made from this text? Problematic. The method my guy René uses? Immaculate. Five stars to this absolute legend.
I don't like giving books I read in GHSU reviews bc they're classics for a reason but idk how to mix that with personal feelings.
Anyways. It was interesting but I found his "clear and distinctive" argument very flawed.
Anyways. It was interesting but I found his "clear and distinctive" argument very flawed.