Meditations on First Philosophy/ Meditationes de prima philosophia: A Bilingual Edition

by René Descartes, George Heffernan (Translator)

Overview

This bilingual edition of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy is aimed both specifically at serious students and professors of philosophy, and generally at anyone motivated by a strong philosophical interest.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780268161118
Publisher:	University of Notre Dame Press
Publication date:	08/31/1990
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	264
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

George Heffernan is professor of philosophy at Merrimack College.

René Descartes (1596-1650) was a French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist. Descartes has often been called the father of modern philosophy, and is largely seen as responsible for the increased attention given to epistemology in the 17th century. He laid the foundation for 17th-century continental rationalism, later advocated by Spinoza and Leibniz, and was later opposed by the empiricist school of thought consisting of Hobbes, Locke, Berkeley, and Hume.

Editorial Reviews

This is the first bilingual Latin-English edition of the Meditations with its ‘Letter of Dedication’ to the Sorbonne theology faculty, ‘Preface to the Reader,’ and ‘Synopsis.’ Descartes’ Latin and the English version appear on the facing pages, and the English paragraphs are numbered for ease in reference. . .includes an interesting scholarly introduction on Descartes’ life and writings, a comprehensive Latin index, and a brief bibliography.” —Choice

“The editor’s introduction to this welcome volume provides a wealth of scholarship that is enough to stimulate the student’s interest in other works by Descartes.” —Teaching Philosophy

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