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Descartes' Bones - A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason (Paperback)
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Descartes' Bones - A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason (Paperback)
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Loot Price R477
Discovery Miles 4 770
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A "New York Times" Notable Book
Sixteen years after Rene Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a
pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial
philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year
saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing
between kings, philosophers, poets, and painters.
But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book,
Descartes' bones also played a role in some of the most momentous
episodes in history, which are also part of the philosopher's
metaphorical remains: the birth of science, the rise of democracy,
and the earliest debates between reason and faith. Descartes' Bones
is a flesh-and-blood story about the battle between religion and
rationalism that rages to this day.
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