Meditations on First Philosophy: with Selections from the Objections and Replies [Paperback]

Rene Descartes (Author)

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Paperback: 336 pages
Publisher: Oxford University Press (Jun 8 2008)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0192806963
ISBN-13: 978-0192806963
Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 13.1 x 2.3 cm
Shipping Weight: 240 g
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #419,203 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #78 in Books > Nonfiction > Philosophy > Methodology

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'It is some years now since I realized how many false opinions I had accepted as true from childhood onwards...I saw that at some stage in my life the whole structure would have to be utterly demolished' In Descartes's Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, the thinker rejects all his former beliefs in the quest for new certainties. Discovering his own existence as a thinking entity in the very exercise of doubt, he goes on to prove the existence of God, who guarantees his clear and distinct ideas as a means of access to the truth. He develops new conceptions of body and mind, capable of serving as foundations for the new science of nature. Subsequent philosophy has grappled with Descartes's legacy, questioning many of its conclusions and even his basic approach, but his arguments set the agenda for many of the greatest philosophical thinkers, and their fascination endures. This new translation includes the Third and Fourth Objections and Replies in full, and a selection from the rest of these exchanges with Descartes's contemporaries that helped to expound his philosophy.

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Rene Descartes (1596-1650) was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy" and the "Father of Modern Mathematics", and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a reaction to his writings, which continue to be studied closely, even to the present day.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Descartes is legendary indeed, Jan 25 2012

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This review is from: Meditations on First Philosophy: with Selections from the Objections and Replies (Paperback)

A critical mind doesn't fall from the sky; it has to be acquired, built up and perfected. Rene' Descartes is and always will be the father of modern philosophy. Descartes' arguments inspired movies such as the Matrix and Inception and rightfully so. HIs legacy still lives on to this day. Descartes is indeed a powerhouse in regards to epistemology, and gave significant proof on how one can give reasons on their own existence.

John Cottingham

"Descartes' Meditations on First philosophy' is, indisputably, one of the greatest philosophical classics of all time."

Descartes on doubting everything

What we must do is find the truth by doubting all we can, and finding the only undoubtable thing then build knowledge based off that foundation.

"I doubt therefore I think therefore I am, the very fact that I doubt my existence, confirms my existence is a thinking thing."

This leads to truth that leads to knowledge

God exists otherwise our knowledge of the external world can only be true if God exists.

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