| Title | : | Descartes' Bones |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Russell Shorto |
| Release | : | 2008-10-14 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | History, Books, Science & Nature, Science History, Nonfiction, Philosophy |
| Size | : | 3274975 |
| 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, 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. A New York Times Notable Book |
