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Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
Descartes' Bones A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason
Author: Russell Shorto
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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780307275660
ISBN-10: 0307275663
Publication Date: 8/25/2009
Pages: 336
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Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
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