Excerpt from A Discourse on Method: Meditations on the First Philosophy; Principles of Philosophy Preface Dedication I. Of the Principles of Human Knowledge II. Of the Principles of Material Things. Sects. I. To xxv. III. Of the Visible World. Sects. I. To iii. IV. Of About this Item: Wordsworth Editions, 1997. Condition: Very Good. Rene Descartes has been described as the "father" of modern philosophy. This selection of Descartes' writings attempt to answer central questions surrounding self, God, free-will and knowledge, using the science of thought as opposed to received wisdom based on the tenets of faith. Overview of the Philosophy of Ren