New edition of the Meditations with introductions by John
Cottingham and Bernard Williams.
The Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, is the
most widely studied of all Descartes' writings. This
authoritative translation by John Cottingham, taken from the much
acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical
Writings of Descartes, is based upon the best available texts and
presents Descartes' central metaphysical writings in clear,
readable modern English. As well as the complete text of the
Meditations, the reader will find a thematic abridgement of the
Objections and Replies (which were originally published with the
Meditations) containing Descartes' replies to his critics.
These extracts, specially selected for the present volume, indicate
the main philosophical difficulties which occurred to
Descartes' contemporaries and show how Descartes developed and
clarified his arguments in response. This edition contains a new
comprehensive introduction to Descartes' philosophy by John
Cottingham and the classic introductory essay on the Meditations by
Bernard Williams.
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