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Subject(s)

• First philosophy [Browse]
• God—Proof, Ontological [Browse]
• Methodology [Browse]
• Knowledge, Theory of [Browse]

Related name

• Moriarty, Mike [Browse]
• Moriarty, Michael, 1956- [Browse]

Series

• Oxford world's classics (Oxford University Press) [More in this series]
• Oxford world's classics

Summary note

• "In Descartes's Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, the thinker rejects all his former beliefs in the quest for new certainties. Discovering his own existence as a thinking entity in the very exercise of doubt, he goes on to prove the existence of God, who guarantees his clear and distinct ideas as a means of access to the truth. He develops new conceptions of body and mind, capable of serving as foundations for the new science of nature. Subsequent philosophy has grappled with Descartes's legacy, questioning many of its conclusions and even his basic approach, but his arguments set the agenda for many of the greatest philosophical thinkers, and their fascination endures."
• "This new translation includes the Third and Fourth Objections and Replies in full, and a selection from the rest of these exchanges with Descartes's contemporaries that helped to expound his philosophy."--Jacket.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Action note

Committed to retain in perpetuity — ReCAP Shared Collection (HUL)

Language note

Translated from the Latin.

Contents

• Meditations on first philosophy
• The Objections and replies.

ISBN

• 9780192806963
• 0192806963

LCCN

^^2007044519

OCLC

180753660

RCP

H - S

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