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De Botten Van Descartes Russell Shorto Russell Shorto Descartes’ bones russell shorto. on a winter’s day in 1650 in stockholm, rené descartes, the most influential and controversial thinker of his time, was buried after a cold and lonely death far from home. sixteen years later, the french ambassador hugues de terlon secretly unearthed descartes’ bones and transported them to france. Russell shorto traces the history of the bones of rene descartes, whose admirers kept them like religious relics, and makes a convincing argument about why some of them might be legitimate and others not. the main point of the book, however, is not to talk about bones, but rather to discuss the history of the enlightenment.

Descartes Bones By Russell Shorto In 2024 Statue Sculpture Bust The reader will find [shorto's] intellectual insights entertaining, enlightening, and, perhaps, disturbing.” —lisa jardine, nature “with the fascinating descartes' bones, russell shorto has produced another compelling intellectual detective story, one that illuminates the present as much as the dusty past.”—jeffrey toobin, author of. On a brutal winter's day in 1650 in stockholm, the frenchman rené descartes, the most influential and controversial thinker of his time, was buried after a cold and lonely death far from home. sixteen years later, the french ambassador, hugues de terlon, secretly unearthed descartes' bones and transported them to france. But in russell shorto’s book, descartes’ bones, the reader is treated to more than a dry and lifeless compendium of facts. shorto, whose other works include the island at the center of the world, gospel truth, and saints and madmen, has written an intensely readable and enjoyable book that breathes new life into the long departed philosopher. Descartes' bones russell shorto,2013 11 01 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.