[PDF.71gj] Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason

Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason

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 | #520443 in Books |  Shorto, Russell |  2009-08-25 |  2009-08-25 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  7.97 x.68 x5.21l,.70 | File type: PDF | 336 pages

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||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| Fascinating, intriguing, very well worth reading. A history book that almost seems like fiction|By E. Dent|A strange and fascinating story. Shorto's history books often read like fiction, and this is no exception. Descartes is THE seminal philosopher who started the West down the road to separating Faith and Reason. Yet he went down that road looking for, and finding for hi|From Publishers Weekly|At the center of this philosophical tale by the acclaimed author of The Island at the Center of the World is a simple mystery: Where in the world is Descartes's skull, and how did it get separated from the rest of his remains? Follo

Sixteen years after René 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, w...

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