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Descartes' Bones: A Skeletal History of the Conflict Between Faith and Reason - Russell Shorto [epub]

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  Published
2008
  
  A New York Times Notable Book
  
  Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in
Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back
to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings,
philosophers, poets, and painters.
  
  But as Russell Shorto shows in this deeply engaging book, Descartes'
bones also played a role in some of the most momentous episodes in history, which are also part of the philosopher's
metaphorical remains: the birth of science, the rise of democracy, and the earliest debates between reason and faith.
Descartes' Bones is a flesh-and-blood story about the battle between religion and rationalism that rages to this day.
  
  BONUS MATERIAL: This ebook edition includes an excerpt from Russell Shorto's Amsterdam. 
  
  From
Publishers Weekly
  
  At the center of this philosophical tale by the acclaimed author of The Island at the
Center of the World is a simple mystery: Where in the world is Descartes's skull, and how did it get separated from the
rest of his remains? Following the journey of the great 17th-century French thinker's bones—over six countries,
across three centuries, through three burials—after his death in Stockholm in 1650, Shorto also follows the
philosophical journey into modernity launched by Descartes's articulation of the mind-body problem. Shorto relates the
life of the self-centered, vainglorious, vindictive Descartes and the bizarre story of his remains with infectious
relish and stylistic grace, and his exploration of philosophical issues is probing. But the bones are too slender to
bear the metaphorical weight of modernity that he gives them. Their sporadic appearance in the tale also makes them a
shaky narrative frame for the sprawling events Shorto presents as the result of Descartes's work: the Enlightenment, the
French Revolution, the 19th century's scientific explosion, 21st-century battles between faith and reason. Given
Shorto's splendid storytelling gifts, this is a pleasure to read, but ultimately unsatisfying. (Oct. 14) 
 
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  From
Booklist
  
  The earthly remains of René Descartes have been disinterred several times since his death in
1650, and with each disturbance, some of his bones vanished into the hands of venerators. The irony of the material
legacy of the philosopher of reason being regarded similarly to the relics of saints is not lost on Shorto, who pairs a
detective narrative with his thoughts about what the story reveals about skepticism versus belief as features of
modernity. As Shorto relates, uncertainty about the authenticity of the contents of Descartes’ coffin accompanied
its travels from Stockholm to Paris in 1666, culminating––when a skull purportedly that of Descartes
surfaced in 1821––in an inquest conducted by the French Academy of Sciences. After describing subsequent
attempts to fix the provenance of Descartes’ remains, Shorto tenders his speculation that they were lost in the
turmoil of the French Revolution. Giving rein to his curiosity about the postmortem Descartes, Shorto will pull in
readers who enjoy a good history mystery seasoned with philosophical thoughts. --Gilbert Taylor  						

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