Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780521485791)

This unique collection of background material to Descartes' Meditations has been translated from the original French and Latin. The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of principles, assumptions, and philosophical methods that were commonplace when Descartes was growing up. The selections are from Francisco Sanches, Christopher Clavius, Pierre de la Rame (Petrus Ramus), Francisco Suarez, Pierre Charron, Eustachius a Sancto Paulo, Scipion Dupleix, Marin Mersenne, Pierre Gassendi, Fran ois de la Mother le Vayer, Charles Sorel, and Jean-Baptiste Morin.

Author: Roger Ariew
ISBN-10: 0521485797
ISBN-13: 9780521485791
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/28/1998
Pages: 292
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.92h x 5.97w x 0.72d