Descartes' Meditative Turn: Cartesian Thought as Spiritual Practice

by Christopher J. Wild

Why would Ren Descartes, the father of modern rationalist philosophy, choose "meditations"--a term and genre associated with religious discourse and practice--for the title of his magnum opus that lays the metaphysical foundations for his reform of all knowledge, including mathematics and sciences? Why did he believe that the immortality of the soul and the existence of God, which the Meditations on First Philosophy set out to demonstrate,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1503638286
• ISBN13: 9781503638280
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"