The possibility of the care of the self in Descartes

Abstract

This brief paper seeks to assess the possibility of an ethic in Descartes' philosophy, beyond the reduced epistemological vision of the scientific researcher. René Descartes is approached outside the concise and cold rationalism; the author of this contribution seeks a view of the world and being-in-the-world closer to the problem of existence in his theoretical work and philosophy, both rich in interpretations. Its main postulates are thus challenged by ethics, extracting from them the implicit idea of self-care.