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Descartes's Meditations

Critical Essays

Vere Chappell editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rowman & Littlefield

Published:14th Aug '97

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This collection of recent articles by leading scholars is designed to illuminate one of the greatest and most influential philosophical books of all time. It includes incisive commentary on every major theme and argument in the Meditations, and will be valuable not only to philosophers but to historians, theologians, literary scholars, and interested general readers. Ideal for courses on the history of philosophy and those centered on Descartes specifically , this collection of recent articles by leading scholars is designed to illuminate for students one of the greatest and most influential philosophical books of all time. It includes incisive commentary on every major theme and argument in Meditations.

Provides an excellent introduction. . . . This book will be as useful to beginners as to seasoned academics because it brings together eleven articles that are both clear and profound. . . . The organization of the book is both simple and efficient, and the brief introduction and the bibliography are well done. -- J. M. Beyssade, Sorbonne, University of Paris
This book is a collection of eleven terrific essays that represent a span of nearly thirty years of Descartes scholarship. The book clearly will not only benefit the professional researcher, but it will be of great value to undergraduate and graduate philosophy students interested in Descartes's work. * Review of Metaphysics *
The high quality essays in this reader are carefully arranged to parallel the plot of the Meditations. It is a valuable guide for students of Descartes's most famous philosophical work. -- Alan Nelson, University of California, Irvine

ISBN: 9780847684861

Dimensions: 237mm x 154mm x 21mm

Weight: 549g

256 pages