Paul Strathern - Descartes in 90 Minutes
Blackstone Audiobooks 
2003-109 
ISBN: 0786125314 
90 minutes 
2 wma's @ 32 kbps


René Descartes spent most of his childhood in solitude, a situation that also came to characterize his adult life. Fortunately, these countless lonely hours helped Descartes produce the declaration that changed all philosophy: "I think, therefore I am." Eventually convincing himself to doubt and disregard sensory knowledge, Descartes found he could prove his existence through his thoughts. This internal information, he believed, was the true reality and external forces were hopelessly deceiving.