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1	Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist This new edition contains Donald Cress's completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes's original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.98! \| SVS
2	Meditations on First Philosophy: In Which the Existence of God and the Distinction of the Soul from the Body Are Demonstrated more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist Many other matters respecting the attributes of God and my own nature or mind remain for consideration; but I shall possibly on another occasion resume the investigation of these. Now (after first noting what must be done or avoided, in order to arrive at a knowledge of the truth) my principal task is to endeavour to emerge from the state of doubt ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.95! \| first editions
3	Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies more books like this by Rene Descartes, Reni Descartes, John Cottingham (Editor) add to wishlist The Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, is the most widely studied of all Descartes' writings. This authoritative translation by John Cottingham, taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes, is based upon the best available texts and presents Descartes' central ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
4	Discourse on Method and Related Writings more books like this by Rene Descartes, Desmond M Clarke (Notes by) add to wishlist This is the second of a new two-volume edition of the works of Descartes in Penguin Classics. This volume is designed for students who approach Descartes from the point of view of his philosophy of science. It includes "Discourse on Method", the most accessible and well-known of his discussions of scientific method; the first seven chapters of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| SVS
5	Descartes: Selected Philosophical Writings more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist Based on the new and much acclaimed two-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes by Cottingham, Stoothoff and Murdoch, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of those writings, including the Discourse and Meditations and substantial extracts from the Regulae, Optics, Principles, ... see all copies from $7.67! new only from $7.67! \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 2 more books like this by Rene Descartes, Reni Descartes, Dugald Murdoch (Translator) add to wishlist These two volumes provide a completely new translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in English, by Haldane and Ross, first published in 1911. All the works included in that edition are translated ... see all copies from $13.09! new only from $15.00! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 1 more books like this by Rene Descartes, Reni Descartes, Robert Stoothoff (Editor) add to wishlist These two volumes provide a completely new translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. They are intended to replace the only reasonably comprehensive selection of his works in English, by Haldane and Ross, first published in 1911. All the works included in that edition are translated ... see all copies from $11.59! new only from $16.50! \| SVS
8	Discourse on Method and Meditations more books like this by Rene Descartes, Laurence J. LaFleur (Translator) add to wishlist Is knowledge possible? If so, what can we know and how do we come to know it? What degree of certainty does our knowledge enjoy? In these two powerful works, Descartes, the seventeenth-century philosopher considered to be the father of modern philosophy, outlines his philosophical method and then counters the sceptics of his time by insisting that ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.28! \| first editions \| SVS
9	Philosophical Essays and Correspondence more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist A superb text for teaching the philosophy of Descartes, this volume includes all his major works in their entirety, important selections from his lesser known writings, and key selections from his philosophical correspondence. The result is an anthology that enables the reader to understand the development of Descartes's thought over his lifetime. ... see all copies from $5.25! new only from $19.22! \| first editions
10	Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies more books like this by Rene Descartes, Michael Moriarty (Translator) add to wishlist 'It is some years now since I realized how many false opinions I had accepted as true from childhood onwards...I saw that at some stage in my life the whole structure would have to be utterly demolished' In Descartes's Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, the thinker rejects all his former beliefs in the quest for new ... see all copies from $3.20! new only from $7.13! \| SVS
11 view cover	Discourse on Method and the Meditations more books like this by Rene Descartes, F E Sutcliffe (Translator) add to wishlist Rene Descartes was a central figure in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. In his Discourse on Method he outlined the contrast between mathematics and experimental sciences, and the extent to which each one can achieve certainty. Drawing on his own work in geometry, optics, astronomy and physiology, Descartes developed the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.95! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Discourse on the Method for Conducting One's Reason Well and for Seeking the Truth in the Sciences more books like this by Rene Descartes, Donald Cress (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $3.10! new only from $5.80!
13 view cover	Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy by Laurence J. LaFleur, Rene Descartes add to wishlist Library of Liberal Arts title. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.12! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: The Correspondence more books like this by Rene Descartes, Sir Anthony Kenny (Translator), Robert Stoothoff (Translator) add to wishlist Volumes I and II provide a completely new translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. Volume III contains 207 of Descartes' letters, over half of which have not been translated into English before. It incorporates, in its entirety, Anthony Kenny's celebrated translation of selected ... see all copies from $25.00! new only from $36.62! \| SVS
15 view cover	Discourse on the Method and Meditations on First Philosophy more books like this by Rene Descartes, Professor David Weissman (Editor), William Theodore Bluhm, PH.D. add to wishlist Descartes' ideas not only changed the course of Western philosophy but also led to or transformed the fields of metaphysics, epistemology, physics and mathematics, political theory and ethics. This text presents Descartes' two major works. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $25.28! \| SVS
16 view cover	Meditations, Objections, and Replies more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist Among the strengths of this edition are reliable, accessible translations, useful editorial materials, and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the Objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, and Descartes' Replies, in their entirety. 'The Letter Serving as a Reply to Gassendi' - in which several of Descartes' ... see all copies from $6.00! new only from $10.06!
17 view cover	The Passions of the Soul more books like this by Rene Descartes, Stephen H Voss (Translator) add to wishlist see all copies from $15.21! new only from $15.22!
18 view cover	Discourse on Method Discourse on Method more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist Part of the "Everyman" series which has been re-set with wide margins for notes and easy-to-read type. Each title includes a themed introduction by leading authorities on the subject, life-and-times chronology of the author, text summaries, annotated reading lists and selected criticism and notes. see all copies from $2.75! new only from $24.94!
19 view cover	Meditations on First Philosophy more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist 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 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.21! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Rationalists: Descartes: Discourse on Method & Meditations; Spinoza: Ethics; Leibniz: Monadology & Discourse on Metaphysics more books like this by Rene Descartes, Benedict de Spinoza, Gottfried Wilhelm Vo Leibniz add to wishlist Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism was philosophys first step into the modern era. This volume contains the essential statements of Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz, who gave it its last serious expression. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.16! \| SVS
21 view cover	Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials more books like this by Rene Descartes, Roger Ariew (Editor), Tom Sorell (Editor) add to wishlist No single text could be considered more important in the history of philosophy than Descartes' Meditations. This unique collection of background material to this magisterial philosophical text has been translated from the original French and Latin. The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of principles, assumptions, and philosophical methods ... see all copies from $12.74! new only from $44.63! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings more books like this by Rene Descartes, Desmond M Clarke (Introduction by) add to wishlist Of all the works of the man claimed by many as the father of modern philosophy, the "Meditations", first published in 1641, must surely be Rene Descartes' masterpiece. This volume consists of not only a new translation of the original Latin text and the expanded objections and replies, but also includes selected correspondence and other ... see all copies from $2.23! new only from $5.50! \| SVS
23 view cover	The Geometry of Rene Descartes more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist The great work that founded analytical geometry. Includes the original French text, Descartes' own diagrams, and the definitive Smith-Latham translation. "The greatest single step ever made in the progress of the exact sciences." -- John Stuart Mill. see all copies from $3.14! new only from $5.42! \| first editions \| SVS
24 view cover	Discourse on Method more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist Ren Descartes also known as Renatus Cartesius (latinized form), was a highly influential French philosopher, mathematician, scientist, and writer. He has been dubbed the "Father of Modern Philosophy," and much of subsequent Western philosophy is a response to his writings which continue to be studied closely to this day. In particular, his ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.00! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Key Philosophical Writings more books like this by Rene Descartes add to wishlist Rene Descartes has been described as the "father" of modern philosophy. This selection of Descartes' writings attempt to answer central questions surrounding self, God, free-will and knowledge, using the science of thought as opposed to received wisdom based on the tenets of faith. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.39! \| SVS

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