Meditations on first philosophy : with selections from the objections and replies : a Latin-English edition / / René Descartes ; edited and translated with textual and philosophical introductions by John Cottingham [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Descartes René <1596-1650, >
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxvii, 243 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 194
• Soggetto topico: First philosophy; God - Proof, Ontological; Methodology; Knowledge, Theory of
• Altri autori: DescartesRené <1596-1650.>
• Persona (resp. second.): CottinghamJohn <1943->
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di contenuto: Philosophical introduction: the Meditations and Cartesian philosophy -- Editorial introduction: the text and its translation -- Meditationes De Prima Philosophia/Meditations on First Philosophy -- Epistola dedicatoria/Dedicatory letter to the Sorbonne -- Praefatio ad lectorem/Preface to the reader -- Synopsis/Synopsis -- Meditatio Prima: De iis quae in dubium revocari possunt / First Meditation: What can be called into doubt -- Meditatio Secunda: De natura mentis humanae: quod ipsa sit notior quam corpus / Second Meditation: The nature of the human mind, and how it is better known than the body -- Meditatio Tertia: De Deo, quod existat / Third Meditation: The existence of God -- Meditatio Quarta: De vero et falso / Fourth Meditation: Truth and falsity -- Meditatio Quinta: De essentia rerum materialium; et iterum de Deo, quod existat / Fifth Meditation: The essence of material things, and the existence of God considered a second time -- Meditatio Sexta: De rerum materialium existentia, et reali mentis a corpore distinctione / Sixth Meditation: The existence of material things, and the real distinction between mind and body -- Objectiones Cum Responsionibus / Objections and Replies [Selections] -- Circa primam meditationem / On the First Meditation. ; The rejection of previous beliefs -- The reliability of the senses -- The dreaming argument -- Certainty in dreams -- Circa secundam meditationem / On the Second Meditation -- Cogito ergo sum (`I am thinking, therefore I exist') -- Sum res cogitans (`I am a thinking thing') -- The nature of thought -- The piece of wax -- Circa tertiam meditationem / On the Third Meditation -- Innate ideas -- The idea of God -- Objective reality -- God, author of my existence -- Circa quartam meditationem / On the Fourth Meditation -- The cause of error -- The indifference of the will -- Circa quintam meditationem / On the Fifth Meditation -- Whether God's essence implies his existence -- Clear and distinct perception and the `Cartesian Circle' -- Circa sextam meditationem / On the Sixth Meditation -- The real distinction between mind and body.
• Sommario/riassunto: Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, published in Latin in 1641, is one of the most widely studied philosophical texts of all time, and inaugurates many of the key themes that have remained central to philosophy ever since. In his original Latin text Descartes expresses himself with great lucidity and elegance, and there is enormous interest, even for those who are not fluent in Latin, in seeing how the famous concepts and arguments of his great masterpiece unfold in the original language. John Cottingham's acclaimed English translation of the work is presented here in a facing-page edition alongside the original Latin text. Students of classical philosophy have long had the benefit of dual-language editions, and the availability of such a resource for the canonical works of the early-modern period is long overdue. This volume now makes available, in an invaluable dual-language format, one of the most seminal texts of Western philosophy.
• Titolo autorizzato: Meditations on first philosophy
• ISBN: 1-107-22301-6; 1-107-33534-5; 1-107-33285-0; 1-107-33222-2; 1-107-33451-9; 1-139-04289-0; 1-107-33617-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910463317903321
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