Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus

René Descartes, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane, George Robert Thomson Ross

Routledge, 1993 - Philosophy - 222 pages

This volume presents the excellent and popular translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy, an introduction by Stanley Tweyman which explores the relevance of Descartes' Regulae and his method of analysis in the Meditations, and six articles which indicate the diversity of scholarly opinion on the topic of method in Descartes' philosopy.

About the author

Ren? Descartes, known as the Father of Modern Philosophy and inventor of Cartesian coordinates, was a seventeenth century French philosopher, mathematician, and writer. Descartes made significant contributions to the fields of philosophy and mathematics, and was a proponent of rationalism, believing strongly in fact and deductive reasoning. Working in both French and Latin, he wrote many mathematical and philosophical works including The World, Discourse on a Method, Meditations on First Philosophy, and Passions of the Soul. He is perhaps best known for originating the statement "I think, therefore I am.

University of York, Toronto

Bibliographic information

• Title: Meditations on First Philosophy in Focus; Philosophers in Focus Series; Routledge philosophers in focus series; Translation Studies
• Authors: René Descartes, Elizabeth Sanderson Haldane, George Robert Thomson Ross
• Editor: Stanley Tweyman
• Publisher: Routledge, 1993
• ISBN: 0415077060, 9780415077064
• Length: 222 pages
• Subjects: Philosophy / General; Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern