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Descartes: Discourse on Method and Meditations

René Descartes · translated by John Veitch · 1637–1641; translation 1907 printing

I think, therefore I am: the method of doubt and the proofs of God that opened modern philosophy.

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Contents (105 sections)

  1. Opening
  2. Opening (continued)
  3. Part I — Life. Part Ii.— Philosophy
  4. The Method, Meditations, and Selections Fbom the Principles
  5. Meaning, Cogito Ergo Sum — Objections to
  6. Negatio, ..... Hegelian' Criticism the Ego Axd
  7. VII. Formally and Eminently
  8. L De3carte8 His Life and Writings
  9. L De3carte8 His Life and Writings (continued)
  10. IV. Cogito Ergo Sum Objections to the Principle
  11. IV. Cogito Ergo Sum Objections to the Principle (continued)
  12. V. the Guarantee of the Principle
  13. V. the Guarantee of the Principle (continued)
  14. VI. the Criterion of Truth
  15. VI. the Criterion of Truth (continued)
  16. Vet. the Ego and the Material World
  17. Vet. the Ego and the Material World (continued)
  18. Vet. the Ego and the Material World (continued)
  19. Innate Ideas
  20. Innate Ideas (continued)
  21. Innate Ideas (continued)
  22. Innate Ideas (continued)
  23. Innate Ideas (continued)
  24. Innate Ideas (continued)
  25. X. Spinoza (1632-1677) Relations to Descartes
  26. X. Spinoza (1632-1677) Relations to Descartes (continued)
  27. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio
  28. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  29. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  30. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  31. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  32. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  33. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  34. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  35. XI. Development Op Cartesianism in the Line Op Spinoza Omnis Determinatio Est Negatio (continued)
  36. Hegelian Criticism the Ego and the Infinite
  37. Hegelian Criticism the Ego and the Infinite (continued)
  38. Hegelian Criticism the Ego and the Infinite (continued)
  39. Hegelian Criticism the Ego and the Infinite (continued)
  40. Hegelian Criticism the Ego and the Infinite (continued)
  41. Hegelian Criticism the Ego and the Infinite (continued)
  42. Prefatory Note by the Author
  43. Part II
  44. Part III
  45. The first was never to accept anything for true
  46. Part IV
  47. Part V
  48. Part VI
  49. Part VII
  50. Discourse on Method
  51. L— the Meditations
  52. Contents
  53. Deah Ahd Doctors of the Sacked Faculty of Theologi of Paris
  54. Preface to the Reader
  55. Preface to the Reader (continued)
  56. Six Following Meditations
  57. Six Following Meditations (continued)
  58. Six Following Meditations (continued)
  59. Six Following Meditations (continued)
  60. The First Philosophy
  61. Of the Things of Which We May Doubt
  62. Of the Things of Which We May Doubt (continued)
  63. Of the Things of Which We May Doubt (continued)
  64. Of the Nature of the Human Mind; and That It Is Moke Easily Known Than the Body
  65. Of the Nature of Thf. Iitman Mint
  66. Of the Nature of Thf. Iitman Mint (continued)
  67. Of the Nature of Thf. Iitman Mint (continued)
  68. Of God: That He Exists
  69. Of God: That He Exists (continued)
  70. Of God: That He Exists (continued)
  71. Of God: That He Exists (continued)
  72. Of God: That He Exists (continued)
  73. Of God: That He Exists (continued)
  74. Of Truth and Error
  75. Of Truth and Error (continued)
  76. Of Truth and Error (continued)
  77. Or Thk F.ssknce of Material Things; and, Again. of God; That He F.xists
  78. Or Thk F.ssknce of Material Things; and, Again. of God; That He F.xists (continued)
  79. Or Thk F.ssknce of Material Things; and, Again. of God; That He F.xists (continued)
  80. the Existence of Material Things, and of the Rea1 Distinction Between the Mind and…
  81. Of the Existence of Material Things. Etc
  82. Of the Existence of Material Things. Etc (continued)
  83. Of the Existence of Material Things. Etc (continued)
  84. Of the Existence of Material Things. Etc (continued)
  85. Of the Existence of Material Things. Etc (continued)
  86. Of the Existence of Material Things. Etc (continued)
  87. French Translator of the Principles of Philosophi Serving for a Preface
  88. French Translator of the Principles of Philosophi Serving for a Preface (continued)
  89. Sacked Roman Empire
  90. Of Tiik Principles Ov Human Knowledge
  91. Of Tiik Principles Ov Human Knowledge (continued)
  92. Of Tiik Principles Ov Human Knowledge (continued)
  93. Of Tiik Principles Ov Human Knowledge (continued)
  94. Of the Principles of Material Thinob
  95. Of the Principles of Material Thinob (continued)
  96. Or the Visible World
  97. Part IV
  98. Part IV (continued)
  99. Part IV (continued)
  100. Part V
  101. Part V (continued)
  102. Reasons Which Establish the Existence of God. An! the Distinction Between the Mind and…
  103. Axioms or Common Notions
  104. I. to Perceive — Perception — P
  105. I. to Perceive — Perception — P (continued)

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