A collection of classic ideas

HomeDirectory Rankings Top Quotes Profile Settings

Nothing viewed yet.
Browse philosophers, books, and concepts.

φ

Select a book or concept to begin

Philosophi

René Descartes›Meditations on First Philosophy›Full Text

Meditations on First Philosophy

Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes · 1641

6 chapters · Original text

Public domain · Project Gutenberg

Chapters

Meditation I — Of Things Doubtful

Meditation II — Of the Nature of the Mind

Meditation III — Of God, and that there is a God

Meditation IV — Of Truth and Falsehood

Meditation V — Of the Essence of Material Things, and Again of God

Meditation VI — Of Corporeal Beings and the Distinction of Mind from Body

About this text

First published in 1748, this work represents Hume's mature empiricist philosophy — a reworking of ideas from his earlier Treatise of Human Nature.

Hume argues that all knowledge derives from sensory experience and that reason alone cannot establish matters of fact.

Text sourced from Project Gutenberg (public domain).

← Back to Book