Tables of Knowledge

Descartes believed that his analytic model applied to all fields of research and that all branches of science lead to truth. His many analogies with literature and art notwithstanding, Descartes offers an entry into knowledge that fails nevertheless to ta

Harriet Stone is Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures and Comparative Literature at Washington University in St. Louis.

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Preface: Visual Dimensions of Thought

xi

Acknowledgments

xxxv

Introduction Three Versions of the Philosopher's Tale

1

(20)

Objects on Display

21

(30)

Inset Genesis: For a Mind Set/Mindset Out of History

51

(28)

Permutations: Science in Art's Mirror

79

(33)

Conclusion Time Lines: Knowledge, Memory, and the Illusion of Truth

112

(21)

Notes

133

(22)

Bibliography

155

(8)

Index

163

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