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Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials
Hardback
Main Details
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Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials
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Authors and Contributors |
Edited by Roger Ariew
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Edited by John Cottingham
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Edited by Tom Sorell
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Series | Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context |
Physical Properties |
Format:Hardback | Pages:292 | Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 158 |
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Category/Genre | Western philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900 |
ISBN/Barcode |
9780521481267
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Classifications | Dewey:194 |
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Audience | Professional & Vocational | Tertiary Education (US: College) | |
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Publishing Details |
Publisher |
Cambridge University Press
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Imprint |
Cambridge University Press
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Publication Date |
28 July 1998 |
Publication Country |
United Kingdom
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Description
This unique collection of background material to Descartes' Meditations 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 growing up. The selections are from Francisco Sanches, Christopher Clavius, Pierre de la Ramee (Petrus Ramus), Francisco Suarez, Pierre Charron, Eustachius a Sancto Paulo, Scipion Dupleix, Marin Mersenne, Pierre Gassendi, Francois de la Mother le Vayer, Charles Sorel, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.
Reviews"With its crisp translations, its clear introductions to often obscure primary sources, and its pedagogical concern to link these texts to perennial issues in interpreting the Meditations, this sourcebook should serve as an excellent text in a graduate or honors seminar focused on Descartes." International Philosophical Quarterly
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