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Title Meditations on First Philosophy
Author
René Descartes
Translated and adapted Albert A. Anderson
Lieselotte Anderson
Narrated by Albert A. Anderson
Music by Michael Severens
Running Time
3Hr 30Mins
Copyright and Publisher Agora Publications, Inc
Download Price GBP 5.99
Language English
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René Descartes is often described as the first modern philosopher, but much of the content of his Meditations on First Philosophy can be found in the medieval period that had already existed for more than a thousand years. Does God exist? If so, what is his nature? Is the human soul immortal? How does it differ from the body? What role do sense experience and pure reason play in knowing?

Descartes stands out from his predecessors because of the method he developed to treat these and other fundamental questions. Drawing on his study of mathematics, he searches for a way to establish absolutely certain conclusions based on indubitable premises. His importance in modern philosophy lies in the challenge he offers to every subsequent thinker in philosophy and science.