Download or read book Meditationen written by René Descartes and published by Felix Meiner Verlag. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In den »Meditationes de prima philosophia« (1642) geht es Descartes um eine neue Grundlegung der Metaphysik. Dieser Neuanfang in der Philosophie, den Descartes wie wohl kaum ein anderer propagiert und durchführt, hat jedoch einen konservativen Zug: Gerade Descartes besteht darauf, dass seine Philosophie die älteste ist, die es überhaupt geben kann, und diese Aussage hat nur Sinn, wenn Metaphysik als Rekonstruktion der ursprünglichen Fragen verstanden wird, die anfänglich das philosophische und insbesondere metaphysische Geschäft ins Rollen gebracht hatten. Mit Descartes beginnt deshalb nicht etwa nur jenes systematische Philosophieren, dem es um die Beantwortung der Fragen selbst geht, sondern auch ein Philosophieren, das die Behandlung der Fragen selbst in der Auseinandersetzung und mit dem Material jener Positionen vollzieht, die es zu überwinden versucht. Die zentrale Innovation der Meditationen liegt also weder in der bloß scheinbaren Unabhängigkeit von aller vorherigen Metaphysik, noch in einer neuen Terminologie, sondern in einer völligen Neuordnung des vorhandenen Materials. Descartes agiert souverän in der Terminologie des Aristoteles und der scholastischen Metaphysik, greift nicht weniger souverän die Themen dieser Tradition auf und fügt sie zu einem völlig neuen Gebäude zusammen. Das Neue an Descartes' Metaphysik ist, dass er mit der hergebrachten Metaphysik agiert, nicht in ihr.

Download or read book Meditationes de Prima Philosophia written by Rene Descartes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-06-25 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a 1914 introduction in German. Notice: This Book is published by Historical Books Limited (www.publicdomain.org.uk) as a Public Domain Book, if you have any inquiries, requests or need any help you can just send an email to [email protected] This book is found as a public domain and free book based on various online catalogs, if you think there are any problems regard copyright issues please contact us immediately via [email protected]

Download or read book Meditations on First Philosophy Meditationes de prima philosophia written by René Descartes and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 1990-08-31 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bilingual edition of Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy is aimed both specifically at serious students and professors of philosophy, and generally at anyone motivated by a strong philosophical interest.

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Download or read book Untersuchungen ber die Grundlagen der Philosophie written by René Descartes and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2021-06-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zunächst lateinisch gedruckt wurden 1641 in Paris die Méditations sur la philosophie première, dans laquelle sont démontrées l'existence de Dieu et l'immortalité de l'âme (so der Titel einer französischen Übersetzung von 1647; deutsch »Meditationen über die Erste Philosophie, in der die Existenz Gottes und die Unsterblichkeit der Seele bewiesen wird«). Die zweite Auflage 1642 in Amsterdam erschien mit geändertem Untertitel, »denn ich kann nicht beweisen, daß Gott die Seele nicht vernichten könnte, sondern nur, daß sie von völlig anderer Natur als der Körper ist und nicht mit dem Körper stirbt« (Brief an Marin Mersenne vom 24. Dezember 1640). Der Untertitel lautete nun: Méditations sur la philosophie première, dans laquelle sont démontrées l'existence de Dieu et la distinction de l'âme et du corps (deutsch »Meditationen über die Erste Philosophie, in der die Existenz Gottes und der Unterschied zwischen Seele und Körper bewiesen wird«). ese Schrift stieß bei den Theologen in Utrecht und Leiden auf so heftige Ablehnung, daß Descartes 1645 einen Umzug nach England erwog und in den Folgejahren Holland mehrmals fluchtartig zu Reisen nach Frankreich verließ. 1663 wurden die Schriften Descartes vom Heiligen Stuhl auf den Index Librorum Prohibitorum gesetzt. Nach seinem Tod kamen Klagen auf, er habe bei seinen naturwissenschaftlichen Studien keinen Raum für Gott gelassen. Dabei traten die Jesuiten an vorderster Front für das Verbot seines Werks ein. Auf die Indizierung von 1663 folgte eine lange Reihe von Verboten, darunter 1691 der königliche Bann gegen die Verbreitung aller Lehren Descartes an französischen Schulen. Der Neusatz des Textes folgt der Ausgabe Berlin 1870. Der lateinische Erstdruck erschien 1641 in Paris. Die Rechtschreibung wurde entsprechend den Regeln der alten deutschen Rechtschreibung teilweise modernisiert.

Download or read book Meditations on First Philosophy written by René Descartes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2010-06-13 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meditations on First Philosophy by Rene Descartes is widely considered to be one of the top philosophical books of all time. For many, Meditations on First Philosophy is required reading for various courses and curriculums. And for others who simply enjoy reading timeless pieces of classic philosophical literature, this gem by Rene Descartes is highly recommended. Meditations on First Philosophy would make an ideal gift and it should be a part of everyone's personal library.

Download or read book Method Meditations and Philosophy of Descartes written by René Descartes and published by . This book was released on 2017-10-14 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meditations on First Philosophy (subtitled In which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated) is a philosophical treatise by Ren� Descartes first published in 1641 (in Latin). The French translation (by the Duke of Luynes with Descartes' supervision) was published in 1647 as M�ditations M�taphysiques. The original Latin title is Meditationes de prima philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et anim� immortalitas demonstratur. The title may contain a misreading by the printer, mistaking animae immortalitas for animae immaterialitas, as suspected already by A. Baillet. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things that are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. He wrote the meditations as if he had meditated for six days: each meditation refers to the last one as "yesterday" (In fact, Descartes began work on the Meditations in 1639.) One of the most influential philosophical texts ever written, it is widely read to this day. The Meditations consist of the presentation of Descartes' metaphysical system in its most detailed level and in the expanding of Descartes' philosophical system, which he first introduced in the fourth part of his Discourse on Method (1637). Descartes' metaphysical thought is also found in the Principles of Philosophy (1644), which the author intended to be a philosophy guidebook.

Download or read book Meditationen written by René Descartes and published by Felix Meiner Verlag. This book was released on 2011-09-01 with total page 658 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In den »Meditationes de prima philosophia« (1642) geht es Descartes um eine neue Grundlegung der Metaphysik. Dieser Neuanfang in der Philosophie, den Descartes wie wohl kaum ein anderer propagiert und durchführt, hat jedoch einen konservativen Zug: Gerade Descartes besteht darauf, dass seine Philosophie die älteste ist, die es überhaupt geben kann, und diese Aussage hat nur Sinn, wenn Metaphysik als Rekonstruktion der ursprünglichen Fragen verstanden wird, die anfänglich das philosophische und insbesondere metaphysische Geschäft ins Rollen gebracht hatten. Mit Descartes beginnt deshalb nicht etwa nur jenes systematische Philosophieren, dem es um die Beantwortung der Fragen selbst geht, sondern auch ein Philosophieren, das die Behandlung der Fragen selbst in der Auseinandersetzung und mit dem Material jener Positionen vollzieht, die es zu überwinden versucht. Die zentrale Innovation der Meditationen liegt also weder in der bloß scheinbaren Unabhängigkeit von aller vorherigen Metaphysik, noch in einer neuen Terminologie, sondern in einer völligen Neuordnung des vorhandenen Materials. Descartes agiert souverän in der Terminologie des Aristoteles und der scholastischen Metaphysik, greift nicht weniger souverän die Themen dieser Tradition auf und fügt sie zu einem völlig neuen Gebäude zusammen. Das Neue an Descartes' Metaphysik ist, dass er mit der hergebrachten Metaphysik agiert, nicht in ihr. Diese Ausgabe bietet - anders als die 2008 vorgelegte zweisprachige Ausgabe (PhB 597), die sich auf die Wiedergabe der sechs von Descartes verfassten Meditationen beschränkt - auch den Text der Einwände und Erwiderungen der Gelehrten seiner Zeit, die Descartes vor Drucklegung seines Werks eingeholt und der Erstausgabe von 1641 als Anhang beigefügt hatte.

Download or read book Meditations on First Philosophy written by René Descartes and published by . This book was released on 2021-06 with total page 106 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is only prudent never to place complete confidence in that by which we have even once been deceived." --- René Descartes, Meditations on First Philosophy Meditations on First Philosophy (subtitled In which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated) is a philosophical treatise by René Descartes first published in 1641 (in Latin). The French translation (by the Duke of Luynes with Descartes' supervision) was published in 1647 as Méditations Métaphysiques. The original Latin title is Meditationes de prima philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et animæ immortalitas demonstratur. The title may contain a misreading by the printer, mistaking animae immortalitas for animae immaterialitas, as suspected already by A. Baillet. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things that are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. He wrote the meditations as if he had meditated for six days: each meditation refers to the last one as "yesterday" (In fact, Descartes began work on the Meditations in 1639.) One of the most influential philosophical texts ever written, it is widely read to this day. The Meditations consist of the presentation of Descartes' metaphysical system in its most detailed level and in the expanding of Descartes' philosophical system, which he first introduced in the fourth part of his Discourse on Method (1637). Descartes' metaphysical thought is also found in the Principles of Philosophy (1644), which the author intended to be a philosophy guidebook.

Download or read book Meditations of First Philosophy written by René Descartes and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2006 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many other matters respecting the attributes of God and my own nature or mind remain for consideration; but I shall possibly on another occasion resume the investigation of these. Now (after first noting what must be done or avoided, in order to arrive at a knowledge of the truth) my principal task is to endeavour to emerge from the state of doubt into which I have these last days fallen, and to see whether nothing certain can be known regarding material things.

Download or read book Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy written by René Descartes and published by Agora Publications, Inc.. This book was released on 2012-09-07 with total page 45 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: · René Descartes is often described as the first modern philosopher, but much of the content of his Meditations on First Philosophy can be found in the medieval period that had already existed for more than a thousand years. Does God exist? If so, what is his nature? Is the human soul immortal? How does it differ from the body? What role do sense experience and pure reason play in knowing? Descartes stands out from his predecessors because of the method he developed to treat these and other fundamental questions. Drawing on his study of mathematics, he searches for a way to establish absolutely certain conclusions based on indubitable premises. His importance in modern philosophy lies in the challenge he offers to every subsequent thinker in philosophy and science.

Download or read book Discourse on the Method and the Meditations written by Rene Descartes and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2008-12-01 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I perceived it to be possible to arrive at knowledge highly useful in life; and in room of the Speculative Philosophy usually taught in the Schools, to discover a Practical, by means of which, knowing the force and action of fire, water, air, the stars, the heavens, and all the other bodies that surround us, as distinctly as we know the various crafts of our artizans, we might also apply them in the same way to all the uses to which they are adapted, and thus render ourselves the lords and possessors of nature. from Part VI of Discourse on the Method Sometimes called the father of modern philosophy, French mathematician, scientist, and writer RENE DESCARTES (15961650) continues to have a deeply profound impact on our modern world. His thinking on how the mind works and what is it capable of has profoundly impacted our understanding of ourselveshe summed up his philosophy with the phrase I think, therefore I am, which still thrills usand his influence extends to our own experiments with modern computing and artificial intelligence. Here, in one volume, are two of the great thinkers most significant works: [ Discourse on the Method was written in French and first published in 1637 under the full title Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Seeking Truth in the Sciencesits treatise on the value of doubt and skepticism when studying the natural world laid the foundation for the modern scientific method as we still employ it today. [ Meditations, originally subtitled In which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated, was written in Latin and first published in 1641here, Descartes considers that nature of the human mind, how we can know whatwe know, and the essence of material things. Essential reading for understanding both todays science and todays philosophy, these foundational works are here presented in the 1901 edition of the 1850 English translations by Scottish poet, philosopher, and historian JOHN VEITCH (18291894).

Download or read book Discourse on the Method written by René Descartes and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-06-26 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discourse on the Method is a philosophical and mathematical treatise published by Ren� Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason, and Searching for Truth in the Sciences (French title: Discours de la m�thode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la verit� dans les sciences). The Discourse on Method is best known as the source of the famous quotation "Je pense, donc je suis" ("I think, therefore I am"), which occurs in Part IV of the work. (The similar statement in Latin, Cogito ergo sum, is found in �7 of Principles of Philosophy.) In addition, in one of its appendices, La G�om�trie, is contained Descartes' first introduction of the Cartesian coordinate system.The Discourse on the Method is one of the most influential works in the history of modern science. It is a method which gives a solid platform from which all modern natural sciences could evolve. In this work, Descartes tackles the problem of skepticism which had been revived from the ancients such as Sextus Empiricus by authors such as Al-Ghazali and Michel de Montaigne. Descartes modified it to account for a truth that he found to be incontrovertible. Descartes started his line of reasoning by doubting everything, so as to assess the world from a fresh perspective, clear of any preconceived notions.The book was originally published in Leiden in French, together with his works "Dioptrique, M�t�ores et G�om�trie". Later, it was translated into Latin and published in 1656 in Amsterdam.Together with Meditations on First Philosophy (Meditationes de Prima Philosophia), Principles of Philosophy (Principia philosophiae) and Rules for the Direction of the Mind (Regulae ad directionem ingenii), it forms the base of the Epistemology known as Cartesianism.

Download or read book Meditation on First Philosophy written by Rene Descartes and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-11-01 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things which are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. The meditations were written as if he were meditating for 6 days: each meditation refers to the last one as "yesterday"

Download or read book Discourse on Method and Meditations of First Philosophy written by René Descartes and published by . This book was released on 2017-09-12 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Discourse on the Method (French: Discours de la m�thode) is a philosophical and autobiographical treatise published by Ren� Descartes in 1637. Its full name is Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting One's Reason and of Seeking Truth in the Sciences (French title: Discours de la m�thode pour bien conduire sa raison, et chercher la v�rit� dans les sciences).Meditations on First Philosophy (subtitled In which the existence of God and the immortality of the soul are demonstrated) is a philosophical treatise by Ren� Descartes which was first published in 1641 (in Latin). The original Latin title is Meditationes de prima philosophia, in qua Dei existentia et anim� immortalitas demonstratur.

Download or read book Meditations on First Philosophy written by Rene Descartes and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2014-08-23 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Meditations on First Philosophy In which the Existence of God and the Immortality of the Soul are Demonstrated Rene Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise by Rene Descartes first published in 1641. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things which are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. The meditations were written as if he was meditating for 6 days: each meditation refers to the last one as "yesterday." (In fact, Descartes began work on the Meditations in 1639.) The Meditations consist of the presentation of Descartes' metaphysical system in its most detailed level and in the expanding of Descartes' philosophical system, which he first introduced in the fourth part of his Discourse on Method (1637). Descartes' metaphysical thought is also found in the Principles of Philosophy (1644), which the author intended to be a philosophy guidebook. The motive which induces me to present to you this Treatise is so excellent, and, when you become acquainted with its design, I am convinced that you will also have so excellent a motive for taking it under your protection, that I feel that I cannot do better, in order to render it in some sort acceptable to you, than in a few words to state what I have set myself to do. I have always considered that the two questions respecting God and the Soul were the chief of those that ought to be demonstrated by philosophical rather than theological argument. For although it is quite enough for us faithful ones to accept by means of faith the fact that the human soul does not perish with the body, and that God exists, it certainly does not seem possible ever to persuade infidels of any religion, indeed, we may almost say, of any moral virtue, unless, to begin with, we prove these two facts by means of the natural reason. And inasmuch as often in this life greater rewards are offered for vice than for virtue, few people would prefer the right to the useful, were they restrained neither by the fear of God nor the expectation of another life; and although it is absolutely true that we must believe that there is a God, because we are so taught in the Holy Scriptures, and, on the other hand, that we must believe the Holy Scriptures because they come from God (the reason of this is, that, faith being a gift of God, He who gives the grace to cause us to believe other things can likewise give it to cause us to believe that He exists), we nevertheless could not place this argument before infidels, who might accuse us of reasoning in a circle. And, in truth, I have noticed that you, along with all the theologians, did not only affirm that the existence of God may be proved by the natural reason, but also that it may be inferred from the Holy Scriptures, that knowledge about Him is much clearer than that which we have of many created things, and, as a matter of fact, is so easy to acquire, that those who have it not are culpable in their ignorance. This indeed appears from the Wisdom of Solomon, chapter xiii, where it is said Howbeit they are not to be excused; for if their understanding was so great that they could discern the world and the creatures, why did they not rather find out the Lord thereof? and in Romans, chapter i., it is said that they are without excuse; and again in the same place, by these words that which may be known of God is manifest in them, it seems as through we were shown that all that which can be known of God may be made manifest by means which are not derived from anywhere but from ourselves, and from the simple consideration of the nature of our minds. Hence I thought it not beside my purpose to inquire how this is so, and how God may be more easily and certainly known than the things of the world.