A review by oofie
Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes

3.0

Descartes was a brilliant mathematician and philosopher (amongst other things). I admire how committed he was to truth and to the goal of believing things on an unshakeable foundation. I think his method (doubt everything until you can prove something, and then work from there) is a good one that even the layman can apply.
There are definitely issues, but overall a good philosophical read. You will have to read it more than once to really understand his arguments, as with all philosophical texts.