Meditations on First Philosophy - Softcover

Descartes, Rene

Softcover

ISBN 10: 154532168X ISBN 13: 9781545321683

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2017

Synopsis

Meditations on First Philosophy (subtitled In which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated) is a philosophical treatise by René Descartes which was first published in 1641 (in Latin). The original Latin title is Meditationes de prima philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animć immortalitas demonstratur.The work is comprised of six meditations, within which Descartes first discards all belief in things that are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. He wrote the meditations as if he had meditated for six days: each meditation refers to the last one as "yesterday". It is one of the most influential philosophical texts ever written, it is widely read to this day.

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Ren? Descartes, known as the Father of Modern Philosophy and inventor of Cartesian coordinates, was a seventeenth century French philosopher, mathematician, and writer. Descartes made significant contributions to the fields of philosophy and mathematics, and was a proponent of rationalism, believing strongly in fact and deductive reasoning. Working in both French and Latin, he wrote many mathematical and philosophical works including The World, Discourse on a Method, Meditations on First Philosophy, and Passions of the Soul. He is perhaps best known for originating the statement I think, therefore I am.

Edition details

• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 154532168X
• ISBN 13: 9781545321683
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 64