Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
With Selections from the Objections and Replies
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Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
With Selections from the Objections and Replies
About this book
Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy remains one of the most widely studied works of Western philosophy. This volume is a refreshed and updated edition of John Cottingham's bestselling 1996 edition, based on his translation in the acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It presents the complete text of Descartes's central metaphysical masterpiece, the Meditations, in clear, readable modern English, and it offers the reader additional material in a thematic abridgement of the Objections and Replies, providing a deeper understanding of how Descartes developed and clarified his arguments in response to critics. Cottingham also provides an updated introduction, together with a substantially revised bibliography, taking into account recent literature and developments in Descartes studies. The volume will be a vital resource for students reading the Meditations, as well as those studying Descartes and early modern philosophy.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half-title
- Series information
- Title page
- Copyright information
- Table of contents
- Introductory essay
- General introduction
- Chronology of Descartes’s life and works
- Further reading
- Note on the text and the translation
- Meditations on First Philosophy
- Meditations on First Philosophy: in which are demonstrated the existence of God and the distinction between the human soul and the body
- The Objections of Various Learned Men to the foregoing Meditations with the Replies of the Author: [Selections]
- Index