Key Philosophical Writings

by Descartes, R.

• ISBN13: 9781853264702
• ISBN10: 1853264709
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1997-08-01
• Publisher: Wordsworth
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Summary

Democracy in America is a classic of political philosophy. Hailed by John Stuart Mill and Horace Greely as the finest book ever written on the nature of democracy, it continues to be an influential text on both sides of the Atlantic, above all in the emerging democracies of Eastern Europe.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION: Descartes' Life and the Evolution of his Philosophy	vii
RULES FOR THE DIRECTION OF THE MIND (Extracts)	3	(68)
RULE ONE	3	(2)
RULE TWO	5	(3)
RULE THREE	8	(3)
RULE FOUR	11	(6)
RULE FIVE	17	(1)
RULE SIX	18	(4)
RULE SEVEN	22	(4)
RULE EIGHT	26	(5)
RULE NINE	31	(2)
RULE TEN	33	(3)
RULE ELEVEN	36	(3)
RULE TWELVE	39	(14)
RULE THIRTEEN	53	(6)
RULE FOURTEEN	59	(12)
DISCOURSE ON THE METHOD	71	(52)
PART ONE	71	(6)
PART TWO	77	(8)
PART THREE	85	(6)
PART FOUR	91	(6)
PART FIVE	97	(12)
PART SIX	109	(14)
MEDITATIONS ON FIRST PHILOSOPHY	123	(68)
Dedicatory Letter to the Sorbonne	123	(4)
Preface to the Reader	127	(3)
Synopsis of the Six Following Meditations	130	(4)
FIRST MEDITATION: Of the things as to which we may doubt	134	(5)
SECOND MEDITATION: Of the nature of the human mind	139	(8)
THIRD MEDITATION: Of God's existence	147	(15)
FOURTH MEDITATION: Of the true and the false	162	(8)
FIFTH MEDITATION: Of God, that He exists	170	(6)
SIXTH MEDITATION: Of the existence of material things, etc.	176	(15)
OBJECTIONS AND REPLIES (Extracts)	191	(70)
PRINCIPLES OF PHILOSOPHY (Extracts)	261	(77)
Author's Letter-Preface	261	(13)
Dedicatory Letter to Elizabeth	274	(3)
FIRST PART: Of the Principles of Human Knowledge	277	(33)
SECOND PART: Of the Principles of Material Things	310	(12)
THIRD PART: Of the Visible World	322	(2)
FOURTH PART: Of the Earth	324	(14)
NOTES DIRECTED AGAINST A CERTAIN PROGRAMME	338	(20)
THE PASSIONS OF THE SOUL (Extracts)	358	(26)
THE SEARCH AFTER TRUTH	384