Description: An original reassessment of Descartes' work which reinserts it in its contemporary context. Explores the notion of intellectual virtue in Descartes' inquiry and argues for a new approach to Descartes' ideas of scepticism and the sciences.
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'Davies offers many acute close readings of familiar texts, readings which often show the texts in a new and convincing light ... supported by very wide reading.' - Anthony Kenny