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Discours De La Methode: Philosophy
by Rene Descartes
Product Group: Book
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press (1994-01-31)
ISBN: 026800871X
EAN: 9780268008710
Dewy Decimal #: 300
Paperback: 260 pages
SKU: 08080180
Condition: New As issued no jac
Comments: New book still in factory shrink wrap. Beautiful book.
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Product Description
This edition of Descartes' classic of modern philosophy contains an improved version of the Adam and Tonnery text; a new English translation intended to be as literal as possible and as liberal as necessary; an interpretive essay; Descartes' correspondence; and an extensive bibliography.
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When is "literal" too literal?
Rating  (3)
Date: 2004-05-21
4 out of 4 customers found this reveiw helpful
The Discourse is a remarkably fine piece of French prose designed to sell an idea to the masses. As Descartes wrote in a letter to Vatier, "even women" could read it! Unfortunately, this "literal" translation attempts to be so true to the words of the Discourse that it loses sight of the text and ends up almost unreadable.The accompanying essay collects comments on a range of topics-- some trivial, some important. This volume may serve as a convenient source of the French text. The accompanying English is best used only as a vocabulary crib.
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