![]() ![]() In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism which had been revived from the ancients such as Sextus Empiricus by authors such as Michel de Montaigne. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all natural sciences could evolve. The Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy and science. ![]() (The similar statement in Latin, Cogito ergo sum, is in §7 of Principles of Philosophy.) In addition, one of the works published with it, La Géométrie, contains Descartes' introduction of the Cartesian coordinate system. The Discourse is best known as the source of the quotation " Je pense, donc je suis" ("I think, therefore I am"), which occurs in Part IV of the work. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason in the Search for Truth in the Sciences (French title: Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la verité dans les sciences). The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical treatise published by René Descartes in 1637. ![]()
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