Descartes: A Very Short Introduction

• The best introduction to Descartes aimed at non-specialists
• Descartes is considered the founder of modern philosophy, and his work is studied in all undergraduate philosophy courses
• He is best known for the statement 'Cogito, ergo sum' ('I think, therefore I am')
• Takes account of Descartes's scientific work as well as his philosophy, including his investigations into physics, mathematics, psychology, and optics

Readership: General readers interested in the history of philosophy; undergraduate students.

Tom Sorell, Professor of Philosophy, University of Essex

"Sorell's account well portrays the intensely personal character of Descartes's thought, and in doing so tells us much about the thinker himself. The pages ... devoted to the Meditations surely constitute the best available introductory sketch of Descartes's classic." - Times Higher Education Supplement

"concise and lucid ... it radiates authority" - J. V. Field, Mathematical Reviews