Translated by Elizabeth S. Haldane and G.R.T. Ross. Edited with an Introduction by Enrique Chavez-Arvizo. Rene Descartes (1569-1650), the 'father' of modern philosophy, is without doubt one of the greatest thinkers in history: his genius lies at the core of our contemporary intellectual identity. Breaking with the conventions of his own time and suffering persecution by the Church as a consequence, Descartes in his writings - most of which are philosophical classics - attempted to answer the central questions surrounding the self, God, free-will and knowledge, using the science of thought as opposed to received wisdom based on the tenets of faith. This edition, the most comprehensive one-volume selection of Descartes' works available in English, includes his great essay, Discourse on Method.

This is a new release of the original 1927 edition.

Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, In Which the Existence of God and the Distinction Between Mind and Body Are Demonstrated, is one of the foundational works in philosophy. In fact, he is widely regarded as the Father of Modern Philosophy; with this work and others, he influenced much of what followed in Western thought. This edition contains the time-honored translation by Elizabeth S. Haldane.

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1927. Haldane was a Scottish social-welfare worker and author who wrote several biographies and translated a number of philosophical works. In this volume she chronicles the life of George Eliot, pseudonym of novelist, translator, and religious writer Mary Ann Evans. Contents: George Eliot's Youth; Young Womanhood; Difficult Years; The New Life; George Eliot as a Novel Writer: Her First Novels; An Autobiographical Novel-The Mill on the Floss; An Idyll and a History; A Great Religious Novel: Romola; George Eliot as a Poet; George Eliot as a Political Novelist: Felix Holt; A Middle Class Novel: Middlemarch; The Last Novel: Daniel Deronda; The Last Years; and George Eliot and Her Time.