Part VI
Famous declaration that knowledge of physics can render us 'masters and possessors of nature'—a foundational text of modern technological optimism.
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From Discourse on the Method by René Descartes
Descartes envisions replacing speculative philosophy with a practical one that makes us 'masters and possessors of nature,' especially for medicine.
Part VI
Emphasis on medicine as the chief benefit, hoping to free humanity from infirmities of body and perhaps of mind.
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