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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
This book (hardcover) is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS. It
contains classical literature works from over two thousand years.
Most of these titles have been out of print and off the bookstore
shelves for decades. The book series is intended to preserve the
cultural legacy and to promote the timeless works of classical
literature. Readers of a TREDITION CLASSICS book support the
mission to save many of the amazing works of world literature from
oblivion. With this series, tredition intends to make thousands of
international literature classics available in printed format again
- worldwide.
Several of Descarte's most ground-breaking essays and philosophic
treatises are contained in this quality edition. Written by Ren
Descartes in the 17th century and counted among the first great
philosophic works of Enlightenment era, these papers contain the
philosopher's thoughts on physical objects, presence and being.
Descartes describes a series of vivid dreams which, for their
realism, leave him in doubt as to whether he does indeed possess a
body or whether it is merely an illusion. Descartes reflects upon
the nature of dreams, and wonders whether their strangeness is not
a consequence of God playing a trick with his mind. Discounting God
as the culprit, Descartes instead places responsibility of the
illusion of reality at the feet of a 'malignant demon'. The
translations present in this edition were composed by the Scottish
poet and scholar of philosophy John Vietch, whose academic career
at The University of St. Andrews in Fife provided a firm grounding
in the philosophic disciplines.
If this Discourse appear too long to be read at once, it may be
divided into six Parts: and, in the first, will be found various
considerations touching the Sciences; in the second, the principal
rules of the Method which the Author has discovered, in the third,
certain of the rules of Morals which he has deduced from this
Method; in the fourth, the reasonings by which he establishes the
existence of God and of the Human Soul, which are the foundations
of his Metaphysic; in the fifth, the order of the Physical
questions which he has invest-igated, and, in particular, the
explication of the motion of the heart and of some other
difficulties pertaining to Medicine, as also the difference between
the soul of man and that of the brutes; and, in the last, what the
Author believes to be required in order to greater advancement in
the investigation of Nature than has yet been made, with the
reasons that have induced him to write.
L'idee d'entreprendre une edition critique des Regulce ad direction
em ingenii s'est imposee a nous pendant que nous pre- parions un
commentaire de ce traite inacheve de Descartes. Le texte etabli par
Ch. Adam nous a, plus d'une fois, inspire certains doutes, qui nous
invitaient a verifier les sources. C'est ainsi que nous avons ete
amene a prendre en consideration la version hollandaise du XVIIe
siecle, que 1'editeur de Descartes avait completement negligee. La
collation du manuscrit de Hanovre avec l' editio princeps d'
Amsterdam et l' examen de la version hollandaise nous ont permis de
faire des retouches, quelquefois importantes, a 1'edition Adam. N
ous tenons a remercier de leurs precieux conseils les Profes- seurs
Dr. E. W. Beth, Dr. E. Garin, Dr. F. L. R. Sassen, Ie Dr. F.
Veenstra, et tout particulierement Ie Prof. Dr. P. Dibon, dont
I'infatigable assistance nous a ete tres precieuse surtout dans la
derniere phase de nos travaux. Nous sommes, en outre, tres
reconnaissant a M. Ie Directeur de la Niedersachsische Lan-
desbibliothek de Hanovre pour Ie manuscrit qu'il a mis a notre
disposition, et a M. Ie Directeur de l'Universiteitsbibliotheek d'
Amsterdam pour l' exemplaire de la version hollandaise dont il nous
a permis de publier Ie texte. Nous devons a Madame F. van
Rossum-Guyon d'avoir rendu possible la traduction en franc;ais.
Here is a brilliant new translation of Descartes's Meditations, one
of the most influential books in the history of Western philosophy,
including the full texts of the Third and Fourth Objections and
Replies, and a selection from the other exchanges. Discovering his
own existence as a thinking
entity in the very exercise of doubt--in the famous formulation
cogito, ergo sum--Descartes goes on to develop new conceptions of
body and mind, capable of serving as foundations for a new science
of nature. Subsequent philosophy has grappled with Descartes's
ideas, but his arguments set the agenda
for many of the greatest philosophical thinkers, and their
fascination endures. This new translation pays particular attention
to Descartes's terminology and style, with its elaborate but
beautifully lucid syntax, careful balancing, and rhetorical
signposting. The wide-ranging introduction places
the work in the intellectual context of the time and discusses the
nature of the work, its structure, key issues, and its influence on
later thinkers. The book also includes notes, an up-to-date
bibliography, a chronology, and an index.
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