Descartes' Bones Comparative Religion Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

Honorée Fanonne Jeffers

David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society

and Hayek himself

for this tale has elements of both

Descartes' Bones Comparative Religion Honorée Fanonne JeffersSixteen years after Ren 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,