Meditations on First Philosophy/ Meditationes de prima philosophia

A Bilingual Edition

René Descartes, George Heffernan

• Publisher: University of Notre Dame Press
• Year: 1990
• Print ISBN: 9780268013813, 9780268013806
• eBook ISBN: 9780268161118
• Topic: Philosophy
• Subtopic: Mind & Body in Philosophy

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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Table of contents

• Cover
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Introduction to this Edition
• Meditationes de prima philosophia
• Meditations on First Philosophy
• Sapientissimis clarissimisque viris …
• To those most wise and distinguished men …
• Praefatio ad lectorem
• Preface to the reader
• Synopsis sex sequentium Meditationum
• Synopsis of the following six Meditations
• Meditatio I. De iis quae in dubium revocari possunt
• Meditation I. Concerning the things that can be called into doubt
• Meditatio II. De natura mentis humanae: quòd ipsa sit notior quàm corpus
• Meditation II. Concerning the nature of the human mind: that it be more known than [the] body
• Meditatio III. De Deo, quòd existat
• Meditation III. Concerning God, that he exist
• Meditatio IV. De vero & falso
• Meditation IV. Concerning the true and the false
• Meditatio V. De essentiâ rerum materialium; & iterum de Deo, quòd existat
• Meditation V. Concerning the essence of material things; and again concerning God, that he exist
• Meditatio VI. De rerum materialium existentiâ, & reali mentis a corpore distinctione
• Meditation VI. Concerning the existence of material things, and the real distinction of the mind from the body
• Index
• Selected Bibliography
• About the Editor/Translator