This book contains the famous statement "Je pense, donc je suis," which the author's later Principles of Philosophy renders as "cogito ergo sum.
Near the end of this book, the author says that the followers of Aristotle satisfied with the Greek's grasp of nature are like ivies which never strive to rises above the trees that sustain them. In the second part of this book, the narrator observes that buildings planned by one central architect are far superior to those that just organically get built, and resolves to take a similar approach to his philosophy. In the third part of this book, the narrator resolves to conquer himself rather than fortune, to always be resolute in his actions, and to always obey the laws of his country. This book, which traces its author's intellectual develop to a crucial night he spent in a (*) stove-heated room, observes that just as adding up to 180 degrees is an essential property of a triangle, so too is existence an essential property of God. This book contains the famous statement "Je pense, donc je suis," which the author's later Principles of Philosophy renders as "cogito ergo sum." For 10 points, name this treatise which lays out the rigorous deductive reasoning used by its author Rene Descartes.
Near the end of this book, the author says that the followers of Aristotle satisfied with the Greek's grasp of nature are like ivies which never strive to rises above the trees that sustain them.
Discourse on Method [or Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences; or Discours de la methode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la vÃƒÂ©ritÃƒÂ© dans les sciences]