TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ariew,Roger
AU  - Cottingham,John
AU  - Sorell,Tom
TI  - Descartes' Meditations: background source materials 
T2  - Cambridge philosophical texts in context
SN  - 0521481260
AV  - B1854 .D46 1998
U1  - ARCH YNDC 194 A698D  21
KW  - Descartes, René,
KW  - First philosophy
KW  - Metaphysics
KW  - Philosophy, Modern
KW  - 17th century
KW  - Sources
KW  - fast
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -