Descartes' bones : a skeletal history of the conflict between faith and reason

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Descartes' bones : a skeletal history of the conflict between faith and reason

Russell Shorto

Doubleday, c2008

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-287) and index

Summary: The best-selling author of The Island at the Center of the World chronicles the more than three-hundred-year debate between religion and science as revealed through the long and momentous odyssey of the skeletal remains of French philosopher René Descartes, creator of the famous phrase "I think, therefore I am."

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  • NCID
    BA88827205
  • ISBN
    • 9780385517539
  • LCCN
    2008001932
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    xx, 299 p., [8] p. of plates
  • Size
    25 cm
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