Rene Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy - With Selections From the Objections and Replies

A dual-language edition presenting Descartes's original Latin text of his greatest work, with a facing-page authoritative English translation.

List of contents

Philosophical introduction to the Meditations; Textual and linguistic introduction; Descartes, Meditationes/Meditations Latin text with English translation.

About the author

John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, Professorial Research Fellow at Heythrop College, University of London, and an Honorary Fellow of St John's College, Oxford. He is co-editor and translator of the standard English edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes (1991), and editor of the Cambridge Companion to Descartes (1992), and his own books in this area include Cartesian Reflections (2008). He has also published extensively in the fields of moral philosophy and philosophy of religion.

Summary

John Cottingham's much acclaimed translation of Descartes's philosophical masterpiece, Meditations on First Philosophy, is now presented in a facing-page edition alongside Descartes's original Latin text. The invaluable dual-language format, long valued by students and readers of ancient classical literature, is now available for this essential text of the early modern period.

Product details

• Authors: John Cottingham
• Assisted by: John Cottingham (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2015
• EAN: 9781107576353
• ISBN: 978-1-107-57635-3
• No. of pages: 282
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Philosophy; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Philosophy: antiquity to present day; PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / General, Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900, Philosophical traditions and schools of thought