A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive vs Discours de la méthode: Which Should You Read?

Cover of A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive John Stuart Mill · 1843 ★★★★☆ 3.8 569 pages · ≈ 10 h 32 m · Challenging

A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and Inductive is an 1843 book by English philosopher John Stuart Mill.

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Cover of Discours de la méthode Discours de la méthode René Descartes · 1644 ★★★★☆ 3.8 122 pages · ≈ 2 h 16 m · Demanding

By an almost universal agreement among philosophers and historians, Rene' Descartes is considered the originator of modern philosophy, or at least the first important philosopher of our times. If we add to this the…

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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and InductiveDiscours de la méthode
Goodreads 3.8 (41) 3.8 (37709)
Hardcover 4.0 (1) —

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A System of Logic, Ratiocinative and InductiveDiscours de la méthode
Ratings 41 37709
Editions 113 163
Citations 1089 —
Film adaptations 1 1
Want to read 983 40178
Pages 569 122

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