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Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences

by René Descartes (1596–1650)

7 chapters, about 23,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. PREFATORY NOTE BY THE AUTHOR 200 words
2. PART I 2,600 words
3. PART II 3,300 words
4. PART III 2,600 words
5. PART IV 2,800 words
6. PART V 5,700 words
7. PART VI 5,700 words

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