Alex’s Reviews > Descartes: Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciences > Status Update

His proof of God seems interesting, but incomplete.

"Hence it is that I cannot in any degree approve of those restless and busy meddlers who, called neither by birth nor fortune to take part in the management of public affairs, are yet always projecting reforms; and if I thought that this tract contained aught which might justify the suspicion that I was a victim of such folly, I would by no means permit its publication."

I also don't think he does justice to philosophy, particuarly moral philosophy.

The foreword was beautiful, although I do not agree with his assessment of the science of history.