Copyrighted material CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPHY RENt DESCARTES Meditations on First Philosophy CAMBRIDGE TEXTS IN THE HISTORY OF PHILOSOPH Y tditon Ser~. KARL AM ERIKS P",ft..a, of Philosophy a/ /lu U,,;vrr.;ty of Da_ NOIr~ DESMOND M. CLARKE 170ft"'" of Philosophy a/ UII;W:N;ry Cork Q,J1~g~ "The mai~ obitniv. nI Camhridg. T.~fS in .he: HiSlory of Philosophy i• •n a. upo r>d II>< rang., va ~ a r>d q .... liry nf '.xlS in II. . hiOl...,. of ph ilooopb y which art availablt in English. The::Itt;" i""lud.. 'd al.., by Its. wt!l-known .u.n.,. ... WIt<:rn"<'T po«iblt, lu" art ""blioh...! in rompl. .. and unabtidg...! form, and It.nsl ••; .",. IU .pecially commis,ion...! for ,h. :Itt;". Ea<:h volume ro",.in• • critical in'nod..ro.,., fO§<"tMr wilt. • guide to further ....d ins and any ..-...011' n.. g\o!sa.;.. and mctual al'P"ralU>. volu ...... Irt designed for OI000n. usc a. undcrgraduII< and poo'g.ldual. '""'01 Ind will be of in, ...." "'" only .0 .tudents of phil<>«ophy, ho. also to a wida .i>di-cna: <>f ",ada. in tl>< hiOfOry of ocicncr, the hi. .. ..,. of throlosy, and .It<: hist<>f ideas. • RENE DES CARTES Meditations on First Philosophy with Selections from the Objections and Replies TRANSLATED AND EDITED BY JOHN COTTINGHAM U,.;wrsiry of R.~"di"g with an introductory essay by BERNARD WILLIAMS and a new introduction for this fililion by JOHN COTTINGHAM REVISED EDITION 'U"""Hl P OY Til' ... .. ""plcnl ,,. THE UNI ••.• "" O' ~ ..... ,PQ. Tho Pin 8ui\.Ji". TN"",i....., S". ... Cambrid,j<, Uni«ol Ki".oom " ..... ,De. UNI ..... IT' ... .. ,OIJ. Tho Edinbu+ Suild;ng. Combnd", "a. UK So...,.. 00 _ """ N. .......... ~T '''''''_''''. USA 071 ",,11. ...._ " "-d. POri Melbou"", "'" J""7. Au"",I" sr,'" Rni. d. Ala"""' " ••3 0'0 Modnd, 00<1< HOII><. Tho "'. ...[ ronl. Cap< T.,...., kwor. Soulh Ahie. hnp:!/. ..., ",umbndi!<.orx m Th" booI< i. copyri[lJil. Subjta f<) ">lu'",, ««q'<;'" m.v.n, ,lid IQ ,,.. r-Wons '" eollooa;" 1;';"'';''80 """"n"""~ no "l'rudum.,., "' '''l' 1"" ...,. ..... pia<. ";1""" f'<'m''' .... or r.a.. .... ... "Ikn Combhd ... U ....n il' Fi ... publiohl= 1,,0; 'm r. ... Rtprin«ol (Iwice). '9910 """'" _', ""', _ J i«) l'Iin,nI in ,I\< Uni,nI Ki. ..... ,I\< Uni""";I, I'f b«>~ " .",;/.obl< "". .. ,iN 8",,,~ /jb.,,, ~." of C""& .., , C.,,J,,p..,, ;.. ""W",. .. ;". dM. o..c..",", RrnI'. ,),,0-"$0. jMnli,. oo.... d. pri ... philoooph". ~;.hJ Mnli ..r iom 0<> fill" phik><1«1.,." (""" It.. Obi«<;."" .od 1. .. 1 {both) al"al ond " ......« ol by John Conin~m; wilh.n inirudO"J 'II,IIi. ... ,nd • ..,... 'mrod..mo. lot Ih" «i;,"" by J<>/nilldtom. _ Rl-< cd. Po , .... - {Con,llIidsoo ''''''' ill "'" MwlT '" p/>i'-'rh,) 'nda. Ind ...... bibl~"I'lU<.1 "k,,,_ .od «aN 0,,, H'" 0 (it.o"Jb.td:) """ 0 l" H'I' , lPlp. I. eun;"p... . , John. ''<)_ . II. Willi.t ..... lIo ,)-.Wi• .....~ 0 JIl JLj66 J h,..Jbod". Ii ... «lit. ... n'l" I.t,k ,. •• Contents • 'I' ate Our ,mJ disti"d ,,"d rb. 'Omu ;"" arch' ~oo.. On Mrdjwjon Sjx Tb. Mll du/;"(/io,, M/WU" mjlld ""d b.ody .07 I .... " 7 Introductory essay Bernard Williams 'I w""ld not u~ anyonelo read Ihi, book exceptthOK who . re able and ","""sty willing 10 meditale wilh me', O¢Karl" says '0 his .ude. . in rtracu from boIh of Ihne also appea' in 1M volurroe; how tMy came 10 he wrinm i, explaint(\ by the tra",lator in his NoI:. on the IOXf, p. "Iiv.) In ,he R.4'I~., Des.i::anes speaks STraightforwardly for himself, and the 'I' •• p.esents lhe author of Ih. Mdi'n not know how it will all turn out: but that is. ~ction. To say that it is a fiction is not necessarily 10 $;Iy that in lermS of the wOfk itself it is untrue. This miglu 1..0", bun a work in whim th. think. .• • fictional ignonnce 01 how hi. r.Hection. would .urn OUt was ron"i",. ingly .unainN. To some ."tenl ;t il so, and to tha ••" tent, one 01 'M gifts offered to the reader by Ihi. extraordinary work i. a Irttdom.o write it difkremly, to .... our wi.h the thinker and end up in a differen. pia",. The r.writinll 01 Dr<.oy undern.im.at. g.an'~ Dr<.cio'l' may Itave the author's guiding f ..d e~ ~It pre$On", for a different rea,.,n, that they w.re consciouo of a kind of writing that it ... .,mbl.d. It wa., and ..m ains, a v.ry unu.ual wo.k, and there had n"er b«n a work of philosophy in ouch a form pruen'~ before. But .here did ."in, familiarly, work. of rdigiou. medita.ion, .nd Dr<.0 $Qui,,., to arrive at an undentanding 0/ hi. 0$ or htr own nature and of a created being'. rela.ion. wilh God. ,.

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