Rene Descartes (1596-1650), the French philosopher and mathematician, is generally regarded as the founder of modern philosophy. Desmond C. Clarke is Professor of Philosophy at University College, Cork. He has published widely on Descartes and French seventeenth-century Cartesian philosophers.

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• Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Desmond M. ClarkeAcknowledgmentsNote on References to DescartesIntroductionFurther ReadingDiscourse on the Method for Guiding One's Reason and Searching for Truth in the SciencesSelected Correspondence, 1636-9The World, or a Treatise on Light (Chapter 1-7)Rules for Guiding One's Intelligence in Searching for the TruthText NotesIndex