132 reviews for:

Discourse on the Method and Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes, René Descartes

3.44 AVERAGE

oz617's review against another edition

4.0

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Hated this when I studied it in high school Philosophy, got considerably more of Descartes’ meaning when rereading as an adult. Partly age, partly having discovered religion in the meantime (not Descartes’ one, but close enough to be applicable), partly the joy of reading my own annotations and thoroughly disagreeing with my past self.

mkw1lson's review against another edition

2.5

challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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Very dry, very slow and difficult to get through, but so influential and foundational that you have to read it.

neelamaxwell's review against another edition

3.0

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"clear and distinct" my ass

happy_ness_honey's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

emmakitt's review against another edition

1.0

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I never want to read the phrase "that is to say" ever again.

mattinthebooks's review against another edition

4.0

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Me overthinking the hell out of everything:

jeremie's review against another edition

3.0

reflective slow-paced

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the Discourse on Methods was nice, but The Meditations were a bit rough.

my favourite part is when Descartes urges me to have a splayed open animal heart in front of me as I read so as to better understand the point he is trying to make

nobody3am's review against another edition

4.0

challenging informative inspiring mysterious reflective tense slow-paced

jaymassaad's review against another edition

1.75

reflective slow-paced

victoriamonnin's review against another edition

2.0

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Read for school. The ideas were interesting to talk about, but difficult to follow when reading.