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Descartes' Meditations : background source materials / edited [and translated from the Latin and French] by Roger Ariew, John Cottingham, and Tom Sorell - xviii, 270 pages ; 24 cm - Cambridge philosophical texts in context . - Cambridge philosophical texts in context .

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index

Dialectic / Petrus Ramus -- That nothing is known / Francisco Sanches -- The promotion of mathematics / Christopher Clavius -- Metaphysical disputations / Francisco Suarez -- Wisdom / Pierre Charron -- A compendium of philosophy in four parts / Eustachius a Sancto Paulo -- Corpus of philosophy / Scipion Dupleix -- The use of reason, The impiety of the deists, and The truth of the sciences / Marin Mersenne -- Unorthodox essays against the Aristotelians / Pierre Gassendi -- The two truths and The immortality of the soul / Jean de Silhon -- Dialogue on the diversity of religions and Little skeptical treatise / Francois de la Mothe Vayer -- Universal science / Charles Sorel -- The God that exists / Jean-Baptiste Morin

"No single text has more importance for the history of philosophy than Descartes' Meditations. This unique collection of background material has been translated from the original French and Latin. The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of principles, assumptions, and philosophical methods that were commonplace when Descartes was developing his ideas."--Jacket

ISBN: 0521481260 9780521481267 0521485797 9780521485791

Nat. Bib. No.: GB9873099 bnb

Subjects--Personal Names:
Descartes, René, 1596-1650. Meditationes de prima philosophia

Subjects--Topical Terms:
First philosophy
Metaphysics
Philosophy, Modern--17th century--Sources
Philosophy, Modern--17th century--Sources

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Sources.

LC Class. No.: B1854 / .D46 1998

Dewey Class. No.: ARCH YNDC 194 A698D