Meditations on First Philosophy With Selections from the Objections and Replies

Name: Meditations on First Philosophy With Selections from the Objections and Replies
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ISBN: 9780192806963

ISBN-10: 0192806963

ISBN-13: 9780192806963

Edition: 2008

Authors: Renï¿½ Descartes, Michael Moriarty

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Here is a brilliant new translation of Descartes's Meditations, one of the most influential books in the history of Western philosophy, including the full texts of the Third and Fourth Objections and Replies, and a selection from the other exchanges. Discovering his own existence as a thinking entity in the very exercise of doubt--in the famous formulation cogito, ergo sum--Descartes goes on to develop new conceptions of body and mind, capable of serving as foundations for a new science of nature. Subsequent philosophy has grappled with Descartes's ideas, but his arguments set the agenda for many of the greatest philosophical thinkers, and their fascination endures. This new translation…

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2008
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 7/6/2008
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.08" wide x 7.72" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 0.572
Language: English



List of Abbreviations


Note on the Text and Translation


Select Bibliography


A Chronology of Rene Descartes


Meditations On First Philosophy


Letter of Dedication


Preface to the Reader


Synopsis of the following Six Meditations


First Meditation


Second Meditation


Third Meditation


Fourth Meditation


Fifth Meditation


Sixth Meditation


The Objections and Replies


Introduction


First Objections and Replies


Second Objections and Replies


Third Objections


Fourth Objections and Replies


Fifth Objections and Replies


Sixth Objections and Replies


Seventh Objections


Explanatory Notes


Index