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Book SynopsisOne of the foundation-stones of modern philosophy Descartes was prepared to go to any lengths in his search for certainty—even to deny those things that seemed most self-evident. In his Meditations of 1641, and in the Objections and Replies that were included with the original publication, he set out to dismantle and then reconstruct the idea of the individual self and its existence. In doing so, Descartes developed a language of subjectivity that has lasted to this day, and he also took his first steps towards the view that would eventually be expressed in the epigram Cogito, ergo sum (I think, therefore I am), one of modern philosophy's most famous—and most fiercely contested—claims. The first part of a two-volume edition of Descartes' works in Penguin Classics, the second of which is
Discourse on Method & Related Writings.
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Table of ContentsThe Penguin Descartes
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Further Reading
Meditations on First PhilosophyLetter of Dedication to the Sorbonne
Preface to the Reader
Summary of the Following Six Meditations
Meditations
Objections and Replies (Selections)
The Principles of PhilosophyLetter to Princess Elizabeth
Part One: The Principles of Human Knowledge
Descartes' Correspondence: Selections, 1643-9Comments on a Certain ManifestoNotes
Index
Notes
