Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
by Russell Shorto
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- 0307275663
- ISBN 13
- 9780307275660
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About This Item
Sixteen years after Rene 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, which are also part of the philosopher's metaphorical remains: the birth of science, the rise of democracy, and the earliest debates between reason and faith. Descartes' Bones is a flesh-and-blood story about the battle between religion and rationalism that rages to this day.
Synopsis
RUSSELL SHORTO is the bestselling author of The Island at the Center of the World and a contributing writer at the New York Times Magazine. He lives in Amsterdam.
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- Seller
- The Vespiary Book Restoration & Bindery (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- SQ5113347
- Title
- Descartes' Bones
- Author
- Russell Shorto
- Format/Binding
- Ex-library
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0307275663
- ISBN 13
- 9780307275660
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Place of Publication
- New York, New York, U.s.a.
- Date Published
- 2009-08-25
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Non-Fiction;