Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) - Softcover

Descartes, René

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0521558182 ISBN 13: 9780521558181

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1996

Synopsis

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.

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Book Description

This authoritative translation 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.

About the Author

John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He is co-editor and translator of the standard English edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes (1991), and editor of the Cambridge Companion to Descartes (1992), and his own books in this area include Cartesian Reflections (2008). He has also published extensively in the fields of moral philosophy and philosophy of religion.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 0521558182
• ISBN 13: 9780521558181
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 120
• Editor: Cottingham John