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Meditation II — Of the Nature of the Mind

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MEDITAT. II.

Of the nature of Mans mind, and that ’tis easier proved to be then our body.

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Meditation I — Of Things Doubtful

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

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About This Book

Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes

1641

AuthorRené Descartes

Published1641

BranchesEpistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mind

Chapters6

Six meditations that reconstruct the foundations of knowledge from scratch. Descartes systematically doubts everything that can be doubted and discovers what cannot — beginning a tradition of epistemology-first philosophy that would dominate modern thought.

Chapters

1Meditation I — Of Things Doubtful

2Meditation II — Of the Nature of the Mind

3Meditation III — Of God, and that there is a God

4Meditation IV — Of Truth and Falsehood

5Meditation V — Of the Essence of Material Things, and Again of God

6Meditation VI — Of Corporeal Beings and the Distinction of Mind from Body