Philosophical Essays and Correspondence

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A superb text for teaching the philosophy of Descartes, this volume includes all his major works in their entirety, important selections from his lesser known writings, and key selections from his philosophical correspondence. The result is an anthology that enables the reader to understand the development of Descartes's thought over his lifetime. Includes a biographical introduction, chronology, bibliography, and index.

Introduction

vii

Descartes: Life and Times

vii

Principle of Selection for the Volume

xvii

A Bibliographical Note on Descartes's Main Works

Selected Bibliography of Primary and Secondary Sources

xxii

Acknowledgments

xxiii

Brief Chronology of Descartes's Life and Works

xxiv

Early Works and Correspondence (to 1637)

(45)

Preliminaries and Observations (1619)

(1)

Rules for the Direction of the Mind (1618?-1628?)

(26)

To Mersenne, On the Eternal Truths (April 15, May 6, and May 27, 1630)

(2)

The World or Treatise on Light [and Man] (1632)

(13)

To Mersenne, About Galileo's Condemnation (April 1634)

(3)

Discourse on Method (1637)

(37)

Author's Preface

(1)

Part One

(4)

Part Two

(6)

Part Three

(4)

Part Four

(4)

Part Five

(9)

Part Six

(10)

Correspondence (1637-1641)

(14)

To Silhon, Existence of God and of the Soul (March 1637)

(1)

To Plempius for Fromondus, Atomism and Mechanism (October 3, 1637)

(2)

To Vatier, On the Discourse (February 22, 1638)

(3)

To Regius, Knowledge of the Infinite (May 24, 1640)

(1)

To Colvius, On Augustine and the Cogito (November 14, 1640)

(1)

To Mersenne, Immortality of the Soul (December 24, 1640)

(3)

To Mersenne, The Aim of the Meditations and the Context for the Principles (December 31, 1640)

(1)

To Mersenne, On J.-B. Morin's Proof for the Existence of God (January 28, 1641)

(2)

Meditations on First Philosophy (1641)

(45)

Letter of Dedication

(3)

Preface to the Reader

100

(2)

Synopsis of the Meditations

102

(2)

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

104

(3)

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

107

(6)

Meditation Three: Concerning God, That He Exists

113

(9)

Meditation Four: Concerning the True and the False

122

(5)

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

127

(5)

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

132

(10)

Objections by Some Learned Men to the Preceding Meditations, with Replies by the Author (1641)

142

(65)

First Set of Objections

142

(7)

Reply by the Author to the First Set of Objections

149

(10)

Reply to the Second Set of Objections

159

(8)

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

167

(10)

Fourth Set of Objections, by Antoine Arnauld, Doctor of Theology

177

(5)

Reply to the Fourth Set of Objections

182

(8)

Sixth Set of Objections

190

(4)

Reply to the Sixth Set of Objections

194

(13)

Correspondence (1641-1644)

207

(15)

To Mersenne, Idea Defined and Discussed (July 1641)

207

(2)

To Gibieuf, Ideas and Abstraction (January 19, 1642)

209

(3)

To Buitendijck, Possibility of Doubting God's Existence (1643)

212

(1)

To Elisabeth, Primitive Notions (May 21 and June 28, 1643)

213

(3)

To Mesland, On Freedom (May 2, 1644)

216

(6)

Principles of Philosophy (1644-1647)

222

(51)

Preface

222

(9)

The Principles of Human Knowledge

231

(22)

The Principles of Material Things

253

(9)

The Visible World

262

(1)

The Earth

263

(10)

Late Works and Correspondence (1645 On)

273

(52)

To Mesland, On Freedom (February 9, 1645)

273

(1)

To Clerselier, Concerning Principles (June or July 1646)

274

(1)

To the Marquis of Newcastle, About Animals (November 23, 1646)

275

(2)

To Chanut, On Nicholas Cusa and the Infinite (June 6, 1647)

277

(4)

Notes Against a Program (1648)

281

(11)

To More, Replies to Objections (February 5, 1649)

292

(5)

The Passions of the Soul (1649)

297

(18)

The Search After Truth by the Light of Nature (1641?-1649?)

315

(10)

Index

325

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