Project Gutenberg 2007-11-03 Public domain in the USA. 561 Descartes, René 1596 1650 Descartes, Rene Meditationes de prima philosophia Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meditations_on_First_Philosophy Produced by Jana Srna, Norbert H. Langkau, Laurent Vogel and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Meditationes de prima philosophia" by René Descartes is a philosophical treatise written in the early 17th century. The work lays the groundwork for modern Western philosophy, focusing on the nature of existence, the existence of God, and the distinction between the mind and body. Descartes explores his thoughts through a series of meditations, ultimately seeking fundamental truths about reality and knowledge. At the start of "Meditationes de prima philosophia," Descartes introduces his philosophical methodology, advocating for a radical doubt that questions everything previously accepted as true. He asserts the importance of discarding all beliefs that are even slightly uncertain to rebuild knowledge on solid foundations. This leads him to his famous conclusion, "Cogito, ergo sum" (I think, therefore I am), illustrating that the very act of doubting or thinking confirms his existence. Descartes also briefly sets the stage for his discussions on the existence of God and the distinction between the mind and body, establishing a critical framework for the subsequent arguments he will elaborate on in the following meditations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 24.3 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. la First philosophy God -- Proof, Ontological B Text Banned Books from Anne Haight's list Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal Category: Philosophy & Ethics 189455 2025-06-09T16:10:11.579587 text/html 185434 2007-11-03T14:23:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 64420 2007-11-03T14:24:18 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 146018 2025-06-09T16:10:18.739491 application/epub+zip 145424 2025-06-09T16:10:15.017520 application/epub+zip 128843 2025-06-09T16:10:13.708509 application/epub+zip 281529 2025-06-09T16:10:21.484473 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258994 2025-06-09T16:10:17.831512 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 227488 2022-09-11T04:55:47.866506 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 162221 2025-06-09T16:10:11.049518 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 161858 2007-11-03T14:23:06 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 60444 2007-11-03T14:24:18 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 161963 2007-11-03T14:23:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60321 2007-11-03T14:24:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21126 2025-06-09T16:10:21.631454 application/rdf+xml 12777 2025-06-09T16:10:14.253486 image/jpeg 2979 2025-06-09T16:10:13.980506 image/jpeg 139669 2025-06-09T16:10:11.597551 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog fr.wikipedia en.wikipedia