Discourse on Method and Related Writings

This second of two parts concentrates on Descartes' work on the nature and limits of human knowledge and the methods by which we can hope to acquire knowledge. ... » 

This second of two parts concentrates on Descartes' work on the nature and limits of human knowledge and the methods by which we can hope to acquire knowledge. It also has the first seven chapters of The World and a selection of Descartes' correspondence and replies to his critics. «