No single text could be considered more important in the history of philosophy than Descartes' Meditations. This unique collection of background material to this magisterial philosophical text has been translated from the original French and Latin. The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of principles, assumptions, and philosophical methods that were commonplace when Descartes was growing up.
The selections are from: Francisco Sanches, Christopher Clavius, Pierre de la Ramee (Petrus Ramus), Francisco Suárez, Pierre Charron, Eustachius a Sancto Paulo, Scipion Dupleix, Marin Mersenne, Pierre Gassendi, Jean de Silhon, François de la Mothe le Vayer, Charles Sorel, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.
| ISBN: | 9780521485791 |
| Publication date: | 28th July 1998 |
| Author: | Roger Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ariew |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 292 pages |
| Series: | Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context |
| Genres: |
Philosophical traditions and schools of thought History of ideas |
No single text could be considered more important in the history of philosophy than Descartes' Meditations. This unique collection of background material to this magisterial philosophical text has been translated from the original French and Latin.
Descartes' Meditations features in the following genres: Philosophical traditions and schools of thought, History of ideas
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Descartes' Meditations was written by Roger Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Ariew and published by Cambridge University Press
Descartes' Meditations has 292 pages
Yes it is part of Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context series