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Loading... Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the…by Rene Descartes
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Amazon.com Product Description (ISBN 0521558182, Paperback)This authoritative translation by John Cottingham of the Meditations is taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It is based on the best available texts and presents Descartes' central metaphysical writings in clear, readable modern English.(retrieved from Amazon Fri, 24 Apr 2009 07:57:53 -0400) The first test round has been closed. Visit the Open Shelves Classification group for details. |
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The six Meditations he goes through are well structured in terms of the argument they put forward, and are easily understood, partly due to Descartes' skillful use of examples that everyone can relate to. While not being a truly great philosopher, Descartes' work has unquestionably had an impact on all philosophy since.
This edition (ISBN 0521558182) contains a number of objections from contemporary philosophers and theologians, and Descartes' replies to them. (