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Early Modern · Philosophy

Meditations on First Philosophy

by René Descartes. Six meditations use radical doubt to investigate certainty, the mind-body distinction, God, and the external world.

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Date
1641
Origin
France
Era
Early Modern
Genre
Philosophy
Difficulty
Challenging
Length
Medium
Collection
The Western Canon

Subjects and themes

MindGodKnowledge

Why it matters

Six meditations use radical doubt to investigate certainty, the mind-body distinction, God, and the external world.

This work is included in the collection on the basis of great books. Its cataloged influence level is 5 out of 5.

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Essential 100

A century of works that gives the broadest useful first view of the Western canon. 100 books · Advanced.