Storytime

I believe in the book A Discourse on the Method, Descartes is trying to get across a point. In part one, I believe he is trying to portray and paint a picture of his early childhood. He goes on to say on page 6, “…in this essay, I shall gladly reveal the paths I have followed and paint my life as it were in a picture, so that everyone may come to a judgement about it.” Also, I believe that Descartes is also trying to introduce a new of thinking and teach and or educate people about his positions. After my first quote, he goes on to say, “I shall add a new way of acquiring knowledge to those which I habitually employ.” Also, he goes on to say, “So my aim here is not to teach the method that everyone must follow for the right conduct of his reason, but only to show in what way I have tried to conduct mine.” These quotes I believe just supported my argument on what Descartes is trying to say early on in his book. In part two, I believe he continues telling a story and painting a picture of his life. He starts off part two by telling the story of his hiatus and arrival at Germany for the wars and keeps telling the stories. The way I interpreted was that Descartes was just trying to give some background on his life to set up chapters later in the book.