Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy

The Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, is the most widely studied of all Descartes' writings. This authoritative translation by John Cottingham, taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes, is based upon the best available texts and presents Descartes' central metaphysical writings in clear, readable modern English. As well as the complete text of the Meditations, the reader will find a thematic abridgement of the Objections and Replies (which were originally published with the Meditations) containing Descartes' replies to his critics. These extracts, specially selected for the present volume, indicate the main philosophical difficulties which occurred to Descartes' contemporaries and show how Descartes developed and clarified his arguments in response. This edition contains a new comprehensive introduction to Descartes' philosophy by John Cottingham and the classic introductory essay on the Meditations by Bernard Williams.

ISBN 0521558182   Pages 168 ISBN13 9780521558181 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Cambridge University Press   Weight (grammes) 279 Imprint Cambridge University Press   Published in Cambridge Format Paperback   Series editor Ameriks, Karl, Clarke, Desmond M. Publication date 18 Apr 1996   Series title Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy Writer of foreword Williams, Bernard   Previous ISBN 9780521552523 Writer of introduction Bernard Williams   Height (mm) 228 Library of Congress B1853.E5C6713 1996   Width (mm) 152 DEWEY 194   Spine width (mm) 12 DEWEY edition DC21   Academic level Professional / Scholarly, Tertiary education

Introductory essay Bernard Williams; Introduction; Chronology; Meditations on first philosophy; Selections from the objections and replies; Index.

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