Descartes
A Beginner's Guide to the Core Ideas and Modern Relevance of René Descartes, Including "I Think, Therefore I Am," Mind-Body Dualism, and the Foundations of Modern PhilosophyBy Alex Omberg
Length1h 59m
About this audiobook
This beginner's guide traces the remarkable quest of René Descartes, the "father of modern philosophy," as he sought to rebuild knowledge from the ground up. Born into an age of intellectual crisis, Descartes embarked on a journey of radical doubt, questioning everything from the reliability of his senses to the certainty of mathematics. The book clearly explains his path to discovering the one unshakable truth—"I think, therefore I am" (Cogito, ergo sum)—and how he used this foundation to reconstruct our understanding of the self, God, and the physical world. It demystifies his controversial mind-body dualism and shows how his mechanistic view of the universe paved the way for the Scientific Revolution.
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Rating★★★★★ 5.0 (1)
GenrePhilosophy, Biography and Memoir
Length1 hr 59 mins
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FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 21, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Title Page
10Chapter 8: The Passions of the Soul
2Preface
11Chapter 9: Cartesian Science
3Chapter 1: The Night of Dreams
12Chapter 10: The Princess and the Philosopher
4Chapter 2: Methodical Doubt
13Chapter 11: The Cartesian Revolution
5Chapter 3: The cogito
14Chapter 12: The Mind-Body Problem Today
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6Chapter 4: The Discovery of the Thinking Self
15Chapter 13: Cartesian Doubt in the Information Age
7Chapter 5: God as the Ultimate Guarantor
16Chapter 14: The Ghost in the Machine
8Chapter 6: Mind and Body
17Chapter 15: Living Cartesian - Rational Self
9Chapter 7: The Mechanical Universe
18The Enduring Questions
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