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Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials

Hardback

Main Details

Title Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Roger Ariew
Edited by John Cottingham
Edited by Tom Sorell
SeriesCambridge Philosophical Texts in Context
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:292
Dimensions(mm): Height 236,Width 158
Category/GenreWestern philosophy - c 1600 to c 1900
ISBN/Barcode 9780521481267
ClassificationsDewey:194
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Tertiary Education (US: College)

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 28 July 1998
Publication Country United Kingdom

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