"Which 17th century philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer has been called the ""Father of Modern Philosophy,"" through his books ""Passions of the Soul"", ""Principles of Philosophy"", ""Discourse on the Method"", and ""Meditations on First Philosophy""?"
Meditations on First Philosophy They are often considered as epoch-making for modernity, and an unavoidable first step for any modern philosophical thinking. Arthur David Smith, author of the "Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to Husserl", claims that since Edmund Husserl usually refers only to "the first two" of the Meditations, therefore Husserl must have thought that they are the only part of Descartes' work with any philosophical importance at all. Meditations on First Philosophy Meditations on First Philosophy in which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated () is a philosophical treatise by René Descartes first published in Latin in 1641.
Philosophy encyclopedia that with printed philosophy journals, books and reference works. The authors are specialists in the areas in which they write, and are frequently leading authorities. Philosophy encyclopedia A philosophy encyclopedia is a comprehensive reference work that seeks to make available to the reader a number of articles on the subject of philosophy. Many paper and online encyclopedias of philosophy have been written, with encyclopedias in general dating back to the 1st century AD with Pliny the Elder's "Naturalis Historia". The "Encyclopédie" was a French encyclopedia edited by the philosopher and art critic Denis Diderot and the scientist, mathematician, and philosopher