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Meditations on First Philosophy

By Decartes, RenÃƒÂ©

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Rene Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, first published in 1641, is one of the most famous and influential thought experiments in the history of ideas. In six meditations the author sets out a long and subtle argument describing his quest for certainty. Casting aside all knowledge that he can in any way doubt, he explores what he can know with absolute certainty. This exercise brings him to the famous conclusion: I am thinking; therefore, I am. Having established this basic truth, Descartes then proceeds to build an argument to demonstrate other certainties. These include the existence of God and of external material objects.

The argument in the Mediations has frequently been criticized, even when it first appeared, but it remains a fascinating and influential work and an important introduction to modern philosophy. Not the least of its contributions to modern thought is the famous Cartesian dualism: the radical split between a natural world (including the human body) governed by mechanical laws and the human mind. This dualism is still a major problem (perhaps the major problem) in modern biology.

Category: Classics
ISBN (softcover): 978-1-935238-50-8
e-ISBN: 978-1-935238-71-3
Author: Decartes, RenÃƒÂ©

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I would like to express my sincere thanks for your translation of Nietzsche\\\'s Genealogy of Morals. I am using it this semester in my Introduction to Philosophy course. I find it forceful and accurate, successfully capturing the spirit of the work, and my students find it stimulating and interesting to read. It is wonderful that you have made such a fine contribution to scholarship. (Rhode Island)

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I am not a student or academic. In my spare time, I read philosophy and am coming to grips with Nietzsche. I bought a translation of \\\"The Genealogy of Morality (/Morals)\\\" by Maudemarie Clark and Peter Swensen, but found your translation of infinitely more value. It is much easier to understand.

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I have read your translation of Nietzsche\\\'s Toward a Genealogy of Morals and consider it to be far clearer than Kaufmann\\\'s.

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Your translation is wonderfully done. I wrote a paper on \\\"On the Use...\\\" in a graduate seminar and the copy from our library was stilted and awkward. Everything else I had read by Nietzsche was wonderfully fluid and poetic. I couldn\\\'t believe that the version from our library was by the same author. Your translation captures Nietzsche\\\'s poetic element wonderfully, bravo!