René Descartes: A Journey Through Life and Philosophy

In this big edit, I've included almost all my work on the philosopher René Descartes. First a quick introduction, then a biography depicting his life and lastly I'll go through his most important works.

00:00 Introduction
01:33 The Life of René Descartes
27:08 The World
41:09 Discourse on Method
52:00 The Meditations
01:03:48 Principles of Philosophy
01:12:26 The Passions of the Soul

Host:
Pelle W.

The life of René Descartes:
A documentary overlooking the life of the philosopher René Descartes. Cogito Ergo Sum is probably the most famous philosophy quote in history. Descartes was not just a great philosopher, but a scientist as well. So I've been traveling in his footsteps to show you the places where he lived studied and worked. We visits places such as Paris, Amsterdam and La Haye, which is now named Descartes in his honor. Hope you'll enjoy this episode, it's been a pleasure making it.

Big thanks to Ludvig Hyrefelt who helped me film in the Netherlands.

Almost all of the information in this episode comes from Desmond M. Clarke's book: Descartes: A biography.

Music:
Ardie San - Fury
Pelle W - Nocturne in Eb (Chopin9
Brooklyn classical - Allemande (Bach)
Pelle W - Nocturne in Gm (Chopin)
Dover Quartet - Summer (Vivaldi)
Pelle W - Nocturne in Fm (Chopin)
Pelle W - Invention in Dm (Bach)
Pelle W - Menuett Gm (Bach)
David Morton - Finale

The World

Pinpointing the important parts of René Descartes first major work: The World, which he himself never published because of his fear of the catholic church, for in it, Descartes argues in favor of a heliocentric worldview which made Galileo suffer.
Does Vacuum exist? What is Animal Spirits? All this is answered in this episode! most of it was Filmed in the village where Descartes was born.

Host: Pelle Waldemarson

Music:
Prelude in Ebm (J.S Bach) - Ohad Ben Ari
iii Courante - Brooklyn Classical
v Menuett - Brooklyn Classical
iv Sarabande - Brooklyn Classical
Variation 7 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Variation 2 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Variation 4 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post

Discourse on Method

"I think, therefore I am" Is probably the most famous quote in the history of western philosophy. And in this episode I glance over René Descartes book: "Discourse on Method" which contains this famous saying.

I discuss whether Descartes was a scientist or a philosopher, how Descartes arrived at the cogito, and the existence of God.

Host:
Pelle Waldemarson

Music:
Goldberg Variation 1 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Goldberg Variation 7 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Goldberg Variation 3 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Goldberg Variation 8 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Menuett in G (J.S Bach) - Pelle Waldemarson
Goldberg Variation 2 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Goldberg Variation 5 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Goldberg Variation 4 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Goldberg Variation 6 (J.S Bach) - Ian Post
Invention nr 1 (J.S Bach) - Pelle Waldemarson

Locations:
Leiden
Descartes
Keukenhof
Amsterdam
Alkmaar

The Meditations

In Descartes' book: Meditations on a First Philosophy , he continued his search for the foundation of all knowledge. I Discuss the difference between Mind and Matter, the proof of Gods existence and the logic of the cogito.

Host:
Pelle Waldemarson

Locations:
Paris
Stockholm

Music:
Growth - Brianna Tam
i Prelude - Brooklyn Classical
ii Allemande - Brooklyn Classical
ii Courante - Brooklyn Classical
iv Sarabande - Brooklyn Classical
Piano sonata (Mozart) - Brooklyn Classical

The Principles of Philosophy

I discuss various topics from Descartes book: Principles of Philosophy such as The freedom of will, persistence through time and universals.

Host:
Pelle Waldemarson

Music
La fille aux cheveux de lin (Debussy) - Brooklyn Classical
iv Sarabande - Brooklyn Classical
Sonata for a good man (Mozart) - Ohad Ben Ari

The Passions of the Soul

Note, The location of filming has nothing to do with Descartes.

A quick run-through the important points of René Descartes' book "The passions of the soul. I discuss: the main difference between mind and matter, the pineal gland and the main 6 passions of the soul.

Host:
Pelle Waldemarson

Cameraman:
Ludvig Hyrefelt

Locations:
Ivö, Sweden
Egmond aan the hoef, Holland
Amsterdam, Holland

Music:
The Swan (Saint Saëns) - Yael Kareth
ii Courante (J.S Bach) - Brooklyn Classical
ii Allemande (J.S Bach) - Brooklyn Classical
i Prelude (J.S Bach) - Brooklyn Classical
iv sarabande (J.S Bach) - Brooklyn Classical

[RoxanaZavala-qb]

Thank you for such a significant contribution on Renne Descartes one of my favorite philosopher.

[kavonburley]

This video is great! I'm so upset that this video does not have more views because it is very informational and people would learn more about Descarte's philosophy.

[nathan]

Dude this video is literally A-tier. I can't believe this is available for free. I saw your videos on Kierkegaard and subscribed, but this is next level. This is like Veritasium for philosophy. So stoked to see where you head in the future!