The Principles of Philosophy

By Descartes, René

Book Id: WPLBN0000628138
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	The Principles of Philosophy
Author:	Descartes, René
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Language:	English
Subject:	Literature, Literature & thought, Writing.
Collections:	Classic Literature Collection, Blackmask Online Collection
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Publisher:	Blackmask Online


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Description
Excerpt: THE present volume contains a reprint of the preface and the first part of the Principles of Philosophy, together with selections from the second, third and fourth parts of that work, corresponding to the extracts in the French edition of Gamier, are also given, as well as an appendix containing part of Descartes? reply to the Second Objections (viz., his formal demonstrations of the existence of Deity). The translation is based on the original Latin edition of the Principles, published in 1644. The work had been translated into French during Descartes? lifetime, and personally revised and corrected by him, the French text is evidently deserving of the same consideration as the Latin originals, and consequently, the additions and variations of the French version have also been given the additions being put in square brackets in the text and the variations in the footnotes.

Table of Contents
Table of Contents: The Principles of Philosophy, 1 -- Rene Descartes, 1 -- From the Publisher's Preface, 1 -- LETTER OF THE AUTHOR, 2 -- TO THE MOST SERENE PRINCESS, 8 -- OF THE PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN KNOWLEDGE, 9 -- PART III. OF THE VISIBLE WORLD, 33 -- PART IV. OF THE EARTH, 34