Descartes: Rules for the Direction of the Mind; Discourse on the Method; Meditations on First Philosophy; Objctions against the Meditations and Replies; The Geometry. Spinoza: Ethics (Great Books of the Western World, 31)

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Descartes: Rules for the Direction of the Mind; Discourse on the Method; Meditations on First Philosophy; Objctions against the Meditations and Replies; The Geometry. Spinoza: Ethics (Great Books of the Western World, 31) (edit title)

Rene Descartes (Author), Bernard Arthur Owen Williams, Donald A. Cress (edit contributors)

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This authoritative translation by John Cottingham of the Meditations is taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes. It is based on the best available texts and presents Descartes' central metaphysical writings in clear, readable... read more

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