A Discourse on Method

by Descartes, Rene

• ISBN13: 9780460874113
• ISBN10: 046087411X
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781780223834
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1994-05-15
• Publisher: Everyman

Summary

TOC: Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences; Meditations on the First Philosphy; The Principles of Philosophy; Demonstrations of the Existence of Deity; Notes by the Translator: Perception, Idea, Objective Reality, From or Through the Senses, Thought, Innate Ideas, Formally and Eminently, Pure Intellection, Motion, Second Element.

Author Biography

TOC: Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason and Seeking Truth in the Sciences; Meditations on the First Philosphy; The Principles of Philosophy; Demonstrations of the Existence of Deity; Notes by the Translator: Perception, Idea, Objective Reality, From or Through the Senses, Thought, Innate Ideas, Formally and Eminently, Pure Intellection, Motion, Second Element.

Table of Contents

Note on the Author and Editor	vii
Chronology of Descartes's Life and Times	viii
Introduction	xiii
Note on the Text	xxx
Prefatory Note by the Author	xxxi
Discourse On the Method Of Rightly Conducting The Reason and Seeking Truth In The Sciences
Part One	3	(7)
Part Two	10	(8)
Part Three	18	(7)
Part Four	25	(7)
Part Five	32	(13)
Part Six	45	(16)
Meditations On the First Philosophy
Dedication	61	(6)
Preface	67	(3)
Synopsis of the Meditations	70	(65)
Of the Things of which we may Doubt	74	(5)
Of the Nature fo the Human Mind; and that it is more easily known than the Body	79	(9)
Of God: that He Exists	88	(15)
Of Truth and Error	103	(8)
Of the Essence of Material things; and, again, of God; that He Exists	111	(6)
Of the Existence of Material Things, and of the Real Distinction Between the Mind and Body of Man	117	(18)
The Principles Of Philosophy
Preface	135	(13)
Dedication	148	(65)
Of the Principles of Human Knowledge	151	(31)
Of the Principles of Material Things	182	(12)
Of the visible World	194	(2)
Of the Earth	196	(17)
APPENDIX Demonstrations of the Existence of Deity	213	(26)
NOTES BY THE TRANSLATOR
Perception	221	(2)
Idex	223	(8)
Objective Reality	231	(1)
From or Through the Senses	232	(1)
Thought	232	(1)
Innate Ideas	233	(2)
Fromally and Eminently	235	(1)
Pure Intellection	236	(1)
Motion	236	(1)
Second Element	237	(2)
Suggestions for Further Reading	239