Descartes is one of the founders of the modern world. His famous method of doubt was one of Europe’s first steps towards the Enlightenment and the scientific revolution. And of all the thinkers of his time who were making similar moves, and similar discoveries, he is the one with true fame, whose works are read by every first-year philosophy student, and whose founding axiom ‘Cogito, ergo sum’ is almost as well known as God’s ‘Let there be light’ – nowadays, indeed, probably better. If anyone merits a biography, Descartes does.

Oct 2005

Hidden Treasure

A Committed Poet

She Wore A Yellow Nightie

Hard to Satisfy

Pomp Prodigy

Home Is Where the Danger Is

Rock Star

Brief Encounters

Not Even the Horse Was Normal

O Unlucky Man

The Soloist’s Story

In Defense of Literary Biography

To the Brink of Silence

Writing to Fill the Silence

Love & Art

Dark Nights of the Soul

Men & Women in Dark Times

At The Mind’s Limits

Age-Banding Biography

The Horror

The Dying Light

Messner’s Wrath

Saeva Indignato

Reich Rebel

Cool Clear Burn

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