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1、DiscourseontheMethodofRightlyConductingone’sReasonandSeekingTruthintheSciencesRenéDescartesCopyright©2010–2015Allrightsreserved.JonathanBennett[Brackets]encloseeditorialexplanations.Small·dots·enclosematerialthathasbeenadded,butcanbereadasthoughitwerepartoftheoriginaltext.Occasional•bullets,andals
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3、he’.Firstlaunched:June2005Lastamended:November2007ContentsPart11Part25Part311Part414Part518Part624DiscourseontheMethodRenéDescartesPart1Ifthisdiscourseseemstoolongtobereadatasittingyoumaydivideitintosixparts.In1youwillfindvariousconsiderationsregardingthesciences;in2themainrulesofthemethodthattheau
4、thorhassought;in3someofthemoralruleshehasderivedfromthismethod;in4theargumentsbywhichheprovestheexistenceofGodandthehumansoul,onwhichhismetaphysicsisbased;in5theorderofthequestionsinphysicsthathehasinvestigated,particularlytheexplanationofthemovementoftheheartandofsomeotherproblemsinthemedicalsphe
5、re,andalsothedifferencebetweenoursoulandthatoftheloweranimals;andin6thethingshebelievesareneededifwearetogofurtherthanhehasintheinvestigationofnature,andhisreasonsforwritingthisdiscourse.Part1¯Asforme,Ihaveneverpresumedmymindtobeinany•Goodsenseisthebestshared-outthingintheworld;forwaybetterthanthe
6、mindsofpeopleingeneral.Indeed,Ihaveeveryonethinkshehassuchagoodsupplyofitthatheoften·hadasenseofbeinglesswellendowedthanothers·:doesn’twantmore,evenifheisextremelyhardtopleaseIhavewishedtobeas•quick-wittedassomeothers,ortoaboutotherthings.Sinceit’snotlikelythateveryoneismatchtheir•sharpnessandclar
7、ityofimagination,ortohavemistakenaboutthis,itisevidencethata•memorythatisascapacious(oraspromptlyserviceable)astheirsis.And•these·three·aretheonlyqualitiesIthe•powerofjudgingwellandoftellingthetruefromknowofthats
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