Meditations, Objections, and Replies
This edition features reliable, accessible translations; useful editorial materials; and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, accompanied by 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.\...
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This edition features reliable, accessible translations; useful editorial materials; and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, accompanied by 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 Introduction discusses the Meditations and the intellectual environment surrounding its reception.
Meditations on first philosophy1Synopsis of the meditations6Meditation one : concerning those things that can be called into doubt9Meditation two : concerning the nature of the human mind : that it is better known than the human body13Meditation three : concerning God, that he exists19Meditation four : concerning the true and the false29Meditation five : concerning the essence of material things, and again concerning God, that he exists35Meditation six : concerning the existence of material things, and the real distinction between mind and body40Objections by some learned men to the preceding meditations, with replies by the author51First set of objections51Reply by the author to the first set of objections58Second set of objections70Reply to the second set of objections75Third set of objections, by a famous English philosopher, with the author's replies100Fourth set of objections : a letter to the distinguished gentleman115Reply to the fourth set of objections130Announcement by the author regarding the fifth set of objections154Letter from Descartes to Clerselier serving as a reply to a selection of the principal counter-objections made by Gassendi against the preceding replies155Sixth set of objections162Reply to the sixth set of objections167
