Meditations, Objections, And Replies

Among the strengths of this edition are reliable, accessible translations, useful editorial materials, and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the Objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, and Descartes' Replies, in their entirety. 'The Letter Serving as a Reply to Gassendi' -- in which several of Descartes' associates present Gassendi's best arguments and Descartes' replies -- conveys the highlights and important issues of their notoriously extended exchange. Roger Ariew's illuminating general Introduction discusses the Meditations and the intellectual environment surrounding its reception. Also included are a bibliography and chronology.

Introduction

vii

The Meditations and the Objections and Replies

vii

Selected Bibliography

xx

Acknowledgments

xxi

Chronology of Descartes' Life and Works

xxii

Meditations on First Philosophy

1

(50)

Letter of Dedication

1

(3)

Preface to the Reader

4

(2)

Synopsis of the Meditations

6

(3)

Meditation One: Concerning Those Things That Can Be Called Into Doubt

9

(4)

Meditation Two: Concerning the Nature of the Human Mind: That It Is Better Known than the Body

13

(6)

Meditation Three: Concerning God, That He Exists

19

(10)

Meditation Four: Concerning the True and the False

29

(6)

Meditation Five: Concerning the Essence of Material Things, And Again Concerning God, That He Exists

35

(5)

Meditation Six: Concerning the Existence of Material Things, and the Real Distinction between Mind and Body

40

(11)

Objections by Some Learned Men to the Preceding Meditations, with Replies by the Author

51

(130)

First Set of Objections

51

(7)

Reply by the Author to the First Set of Objections

58

(12)

Second Set of Objections

70

(5)

Reply to the Second Set of Objections

75

(25)

Third Set of Objections, by a Famous English Philosopher, with the Author's Replies

100

(15)

Fourth Set of Objections: A Letter to the Distinguished Gentleman

115

(15)

Reply to the Fourth Set of Objections

130

(24)

Announcement by the Author Regarding the Fifth Set of Objections

154

(1)

Letter from Descartes to Clerselier Serving as a Reply to a Selection of the Principal Counter-Objections Made by Gassendi Against the Preceding Replies

155

(7)

Sixth Set of Objections

162

(5)

Reply to the Sixth Set of Objections

167

(14)

Index

181

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