Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy (Fourth Edition)
β Scribed by RenΓ© Descartes
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 120
- Series
- Hackett Classics
- Edition
- Fourth Edition,4
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Synopsis
This edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition.
β¦ Table of Contents
Cover
Title Page
Copyright
CONTENTS
Editor's Preface
Selected Bibliography
DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD
Note on the Translation
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Part Six
MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY
Note on the Translation
Letter of Dedication
Preface to the Reader
Synopsis of the Following Six Meditations
Meditation One
Meditation Two
Meditation Three
Meditation Four
Meditation Five
Meditation Six
π SIMILAR VOLUMES
This new edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teachi
<p><span>This bilingual edition of Descartes' </span><span>Meditations on First Philosophy</span><span> is aimed both specifically at serious students and professors of philosophy, and generally at anyone motivated by a strong philosophical interest.</span></p>
Two works fromΒ the father of modern philosophy. In Discourse on Method, he formulated a scientific approach comprising four principles, including to accept only what reason recognizes as "clear and distinct."Β In Meditations, he explores the mind/body distinction, the nature of truth and error, the e