Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials

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Roger Ariew (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University) John Cottingham

Descartes' Meditations

Background Source Materials

Roger Ariew (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), John Cottingham, Tom Sorell (University of Essex) , Professor Tom Sorell

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Cambridge University Press
18 January 1999

Philosophy; Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900; History of ideas

Series: Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context

This unique collection of background material to Descartes' Meditations has been translated from the original French and Latin.

The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of principles, assumptions, and philosophical methods that were commonplace when Descartes was growing up.

The selections are from Francisco Sanches, Christopher Clavius, Pierre de la Ramee (Petrus Ramus), Francisco Suarez, Pierre Charron, Eustachius a Sancto Paulo, Scipion Dupleix, Marin Mersenne, Pierre Gassendi, Francois de la Mother le Vayer, Charles Sorel, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.

Edited by: Roger Ariew (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University), John Cottingham, Tom Sorell (University of Essex), Professor Tom Sorell
Series edited by: Daniel Garber
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 236mm, Width: 154mm, Spine: 19mm
Weight: 436g
ISBN: 9780521485791
ISBN 10: 0521485797
Series: Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context
Pages: 292
Publication Date: 18 January 1999
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials

"""With its crisp translations, its clear introductions to often obscure primary sources, and its pedagogical concern to link these texts to perennial issues in interpreting the Meditations, this sourcebook should serve as an excellent text in a graduate or honors seminar focused on Descartes."" International Philosophical Quarterly"