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Discourse on Method and Meditations (Philosophical Classics)

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Publisher
Dover Publications
Year
2003
Tongue
English
Leaves
131
Category
Library
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✦ Synopsis

Is it possible to be certain of anything? If so, how? The father of modern philosophy and the founder of rational method in philosophical thought, RenΓ© Descartes (1596–1650) sought the answers to these questions and in doing so, addressed the most important of methods of thinking and understanding truth. In Discourse on Method, he applies a scientific approach to philosophy that comprises four principles: to accept only what reason recognizes as "clear and distinct"; to analyze complex ideas by dividing them into smaller elements; to reconstruct the ideas; and to make accurate and complete enumerations of the data. His Meditations proceed according to this method, exploring the mind/body distinction, the nature of truth and error, the existence of God, and the essence of material things.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright
Publisher's Note
CONTENTS
DISCOURSE ON METHOD
Part I
Part II
Part III
Part IV
Part V
Part VI
MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY
Letter of Dedication
Preface to the Reader
Synopsis of the following Six Meditations
Meditation I
Meditation II
Meditation III
Meditation IV
Meditation V
Meditation VI

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