The Philosophical Works of Descartes, Volume 1
René Descartes
The first volume of the standard English edition of Descartes, with the Rules, the Discourse, the Meditations, the Principles and The Passions of the Soul in one book. Translated by Elizabeth Haldane and G. R. T. Ross in 1911.
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Discourse on the MethodDescartes doubts everything until he reaches one certainty: I think, therefore I am. The short, personal book that launched modern philosophy. Our own Project Aldus edition.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Meditations on First Philosophy
Six meditations in which Descartes doubts the senses, finds certainty in his own thinking and argues for God and for the split between mind and body. John Veitch's classic translation, cleanly typeset.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Selections from the Principles of Philosophy
Descartes' own textbook version of his philosophy, from the method of doubt to the nature of God, mind and matter. John Veitch's classic translation, typeset in a clean modern layout.
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Descartes' last book, a study of emotions such as love, hatred, joy and wonder, and of how the mind can learn to govern them. The 1911 translation by Elizabeth Haldane and G. R. T. Ross.
Verified PDF · Secure download - Rules for the Direction of the Mind
Descartes' early, unfinished handbook on method, with rules for reasoning clearly in any science and mathematics as the model. Translated by Elizabeth Haldane and G. R. T. Ross in 1911.
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