| Descartes' Meditations: Background Source Materials Contributor(s): Ariew, Roger (Editor), Cottingham, John (Editor), Sorell, Tom (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0521485797 ISBN-13: 9780521485791 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $69.34 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: 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 Ramee (Petrus Ramus), Francisco Suarez, Pierre Charron, Eustachius a Sancto Paulo, Scipion Dupleix, Marin Mersenne, Pierre Gassendi, Francois de la Mother le Vayer, Charles Sorel, and Jean-Baptiste Morin. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Philosophy | History & Surveys - Modern |
| Dewey: 194 |
| LCCN: 97049942 |
| Series: Cambridge Philosophical Texts in Context |
| Physical Information: 0.72" H x 5.97" W x 8.92" (0.80 lbs) 292 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |