A superb text for teaching the philosophy of Descartes, this volume includes all his major works in their entirety, important selections from his lesser known writings, and key selections from his philosophical correspondence. The result is an anthology that enables the reader to understand the development of Descartes's thought over his lifetime. Includes a biographical introduction, chronology, bibliography, and index.
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Roger Ariew and Hackett Publishing have brought out a terrific edition of Descartes' writings, superior to the one published by Cambridge University Press for several reasons. First, the typeface in the Cambridge edition is not very clear--it almost looks like the pages have been photocopied.Second, the Hackett edition not only has Descartes' important philosophical works, but also includes a fine selection from Descartes' minor writings and correspondence (since Cambridge also publishes the complete writings of Descartes, they're not particularly motivated to do something like this). One finds, e.g., Descartes' 1640 letter to Colvius regarding the 'cogito ergo sum' argument found in Augustine's City of God, as well as two very important letters to the Marquis of Newcastle and Henry More regarding the question of whether animals have souls and whether space is infinite and vacuums are possible. All selections are arranged chronologically, and Ariew has written a helpful introduction. Numbers in the page margins correlate each selection to the place where it is found in the standard original language edition of Descartes' works (Oeuvres de Descartes, eds. Adam and Tannery, 2nd ed., Paris: 1964-74). This is THE introductory edition to get.
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- Descartes: Discourse On Method by Laurence J. Lafleur on 7 pages
- Rules for the Direction of the Mind by Rene Descartes on 5 pages
- Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy: With Selections from the Objections and Replies (Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy) by René Descartes on 4 pages
- Summa Theologiae by St.Thomas Aquinas on page 144, page 145, and page 146
- Summa Theologiae: Volume 2, Existence and Nature of God: 1a. 2-11 (Summa Theologiae (Cambridge University Press)) by Thomas Aquinas on page 144, page 145, and page 146
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- Discourse on Method, Optics, Geometry, and Meteorology by Rene Descartes on page 27
- A Brief History of Infinity by Paolo Zellini on page 102
- Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy: Volume I by Daniel Garber on page 27
- Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy: Volume I by Daniel Garber on page 27
- Three Cartesian Feminist Treatises (The Other Voice in Early Modern Europe) by FranCois Poullain de la Barre in Back Matter
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