Book 59 || Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth… Book 59 || Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth… Book 59 || Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences by René Descartes Discourse on the Method, written by the French philosopher René Descartes and published in 1637, is a foundational work in Western philosophy. In this text, Descartes outlines his method for acquiring knowledge based on reason and skepticism. The work is divided into six parts, where Descartes reflects on his own intellectual development and introduces the famous philosophical statement "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). Discourse on the Method advocates for a new approach to scientific inquiry and knowledge, e...