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Meditations on First Philosophy by Ren? Descartes is a classic work of philosophy that has had a lasting impact on the field. Written in 1641, this work explores the nature of reality and knowledge, questioning the foundations of knowledge, and considering the role of the mind... Read Full Overview

This accessible Modern English adaptation of René Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy includes an introduction, historical context, reflection questions and key terms, making it ideal for newcomers and seasoned thinkers. Descartes challenges us to question the foundations... Read Full Overview

I again undertake to treat of God and the human soul, and at the same time to discuss the principles of the entire First Philosophy (...) I would advise none to read this work, unless such as are able and willing to meditate with me in earnest, to detach their minds from commerce... Read Full Overview

Ren? Descartes (1596-1650) is not only one of the men who belongs in the pantheon of the West's greatest thinkers: he influenced everyone else who belongs there too. Descartes was a French philosopher, mathematician and writer who spent most of his life in the Dutch Republic... Read Full Overview

Seg n Descartes, "todo lo que he conseguido descubrir mediante ese m todo". Y, en consecuencia, a trav s de seis meditaciones vemos gran parte de su pensamiento filos fico.

Las Meditaciones metaf sicas, cuyo t tulo completo es Meditaciones metaf sicas en las que se demuestran la existencia de Dios y la inmortalidad del alma, es una obra escrita por Ren Descartes y publicada por primera vez en 1641, en lat n, con el t tulo Meditationes de prima... Read Full Overview

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Considered a foundational text in modern philosophy, the Meditations on First Philosophypresents numerous powerful arguments that to this day influence debates in epistemology, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of religion. This new translation incorporates revisions... Read Full Overview

Meditations on First Philosophy (subtitled In which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated) is a philosophical treatise by Ren Descartes first published in 1641 (in Latin). The French translation (by the Duke of Luynes with Descartes' supervision)... Read Full Overview

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.

Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise by Ren Descartes first published in 1641. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things that are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known... Read Full Overview

First published in 1641, Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise by Ren Descartes, in which are demonstrated the existence of God and the distinction between the human soul and the body.