Discourse on the Method
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- Yale University Press, 1996
The first edition of Discourse on the Method by René Descartes was published in New Haven by Yale University Press in 1996. We track 1 edition.
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The first edition of Discourse on the Method by René Descartes was published in New Haven by Yale University Press in 1996.
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