Meditations on First Philosophy/ Meditationes de prima philosophia

A Bilingual Edition

René Descartes, George Heffernan

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Year: 1990
• ISBN:
  9780268161118
• Topic: Philosophie
• Subtopic: Philosophie de la religion

This bilingual edition of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy is aimed both specifically at serious students and professors of philosophy, and generally at anyone motivated by a strong philosophical interest.

INDEX

The index that appeared in the print version of this title was intentionally removed from the eBook. Please use the search function on your eReading device to search for terms of interest. For your reference, the terms that appear in the print index are listed below.

Instructions: “G” = Descartes’ ‘Greetings to the Men of the Theological Faculty of the Sorbonne’; “P” = Praefatio ad lectorem; “S” = Synopsis sex sequentium Meditationum; “I”-“VI” = Meditationes I–VI; Arabic numbers refer to the numbered paragraphs within the individual meditations; numbers in parentheses give the frequency of occurrence of the terms in the paragraphs. Thus, e.g., “Deus … III … 25 (3) …” indicates that God is mentioned three times in § 25 of Meditation III.

abduco, -duxi, -ductum, -ere (to lead away from)

aberro, -avi, -atum, -are (to aberr)

absolutus, -a, -um (absolute)

abstineo, -tinui, -tentum, -ere (to abstain)

abstractus, -a, -um (abstract)

acceptio, -onis, f. (meaning)

accidens, -dentis, n. (accidents)

accurate (accurately)

—accuratius (more accurately)

accuratus, -a, -um (accurate)

—accuratior, -ius (more accurate)

—accuratissimus, -a, -um (most, very accurate)

acies, -ei, f. (vision)

actio, -onis, f. (action)

activus, -a, -um (active)

actualis, -e (actual)

actus, -us, m. (act)

acumen, -minis, n. (sharpness of wit)

adventitius, -a, -um (adventicious)

aegroto, -are (to be sick)

aegrotus, -a, -um (sick)

aequivocatio, -onis, f. (equivocation)

aër, aëris, m. (air)

aeternum, -i, n. (the eternal, eternity)

aeternus, -a, -um (eternal)

aether, -eris, m. (ether)

affectus, -us, m. (emotion)

afficio, -feci, -fectum, -ere (to affect)

affingo, -finxi, -fictum, -ere (to feign)

affinitas, -atis, f. (affinity)

affirmo, -avi, -atum, -are (to affirm)

agnosco, -novi, -nitum, -ere (to recognize)

albedo, -dinis, f. (whiteness)

aliquid (something)

amentes (the mindless)

Angelus, -i, m. (angel)

anima, -ae, f. (soul)

animadverto, -verti, -versum, -ere (to notice)

animal, -alis, n. (animal)

animus, -i, m. (animus)

aperte (openly)

apertus, -a, -um (open)

—apertior, -ius (more open)

Apollonius, -i, m.

appetitus, -us, m. (appetite)

appeto, -ivi and -ii, -itum, -ere (to desire)

applicatio, -onis, f. (application)

applico, -avi, -atum, and -ui, -itum, -are (to apply)

apprehendo, -prehendi, -prehensum, -ere (to apprehend)

arbitrium, -i, n. (choice)

archetypum, -i, n. (archetype)

Archimedes, -is, m.

arcte (closely)

—arctissime (most, very closely)

argumentum, -i, n. (argument)

ariditas, -atis, f. (dryness)

Arithmetica, -ae, f. (arithmetic)

Arithmeticus, -a, -um (arithmetical)

artifex, -ficis, c. (artificer)

artificium, -i, n. (objectivum) ([objective] artifice)

assensio, -onis, f. (assent)

assentio, -sensi, -sensum, -sentire, and assentior, -sensus sum, -sentiri (to assent)

Astronomia, -ae, f. (astronomy)

astrum, -i, n. (star)

Atheus, -i, m. (atheist)

attendo, -tendi, -tentum, -ere (to attend [to])

attentius (more attentively)

attentus, -a, -um (attentive)

attributum, -i, n. (Dei) (attribute [of God])

auditus, -us, m. (hearing)

augeo, auxi, auctum, -ere (to grow, to increase)

auris, -is, f. (ear)

author, -oris, c. (author)

authoritas, -atis, f. (authority)

automatum, -i, n. (automaton)

bene (well)

bilis, -is, f. (bile)

bonitas, -atis, f. (goodness)

bonum, -i, n. (the good)

bonus, -a, -um (good)

—optimus, -a, -um (best)

brachium, -i, n. (arm)

cadaver, -eris, n. (cadaver, corpse)

caecus, -a, -um (blind)

callidus, -a, -um (cunning)

calor, -oris, m. (heat, warmth)

capra, -ae, f. (goat)

captivus, -i, m. (prisoner)

captus, -us, m. (omnium) (capacity [of all people])

caput, -pitis, n. (head)

carentia, -ae, f. (lack)

caro, carnis, f. (flesh)

casus, -us, m. (chance)

Catholicus, -a, -um (Catholic)

causa, -ae, f. (cause)

cera, -ae, f. (wax)

cerebellum, -i, n. (brain [dim.])

cerebrum, -i, n. (brain)

certe (certainly)

—certius (more certainly)

certitudo, -inis, f. (certainty)

certo (certainly)

certum, -i, n. (the certain)

certus, -a, -um (certain)

—certissimus, -a, -um (most, very certain)

charta, -ae, f. (paper)

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