René Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies
John Cottingham
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Hardcover. A dual-language edition presenting Descartes's original Latin text of his greatest work, with a facing-page authoritative English translation. Editor(s): Cottingham, John. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, published in Latin in 1641, is one of the most widely studied philosophical texts of all time, and inaugurates many of the key themes that have remained central to philosophy ever since. In his original Latin text Descartes expresses himself with great lucidity and elegance, and there is enormous interest, even for those who are not fluent in Latin, in seeing how the famous concepts and arguments of his great masterpiece unfold in the original language. John Cottingham's acclaimed English translation of the work is presented here in a facing-page edition alongside the original Latin ... Read more
Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, published in Latin in 1641, is one of the most widely studied philosophical texts of all time, and inaugurates many of the key themes that have remained central to philosophy ever since. In his original Latin text Descartes expresses himself with great lucidity and elegance, and there is enormous interest, even for those who are not fluent in Latin, in seeing how the famous concepts and arguments of his great masterpiece unfold in the original language. John Cottingham's acclaimed English translation of the work is presented here in a facing-page edition alongside the original Latin ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
281
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
551g
Number of Pages
282
Place of Publication
Cambridge, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780521191388
SKU
V9780521191388
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About John Cottingham
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 ... Read more
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