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The average rating for Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy based on 2 reviews is 3 stars.
| Review # 1 was written on 2013-01-01 00:00:00 Jerry Carrico The father of modern philosophy, Rene Descartes, was left intellectually unfulfilled after receiving one of the finest educations available in the 17th century. The result of this, and his inexhaustible curiosity, led him to travel throughout Europe, frequently changing his place of residence in search for a higher knowledge, while only to realize that the knowledge of the truth is best to be found within. The Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is composed of six meditations, in which, Descartes, applies his method of reasoning introduced in the Discourse on the Method, which can be considered this book's prequel. Beginning the meditations required, Descartes, to release his mind from: all emotions, any convictions previously derived at from his senses and thoughts, and belief in the existence of his body and the material surrounding. This way, Descartes, clears his mind and brings it to a zero state and then works his way up to arrive at conclusions using his method. In these meditating sessions, that were portrayed to have lasted for six days, Descartes, implemented his method of doubt, and proves, once again, as he did in Discourse on the Method, the existence of himself and his thoughts - a thinking thing. But now he has taken on a task to prove the existence of something outside of himself that is material in nature and another being. He goes on to prove that a perfect God exists, and that he is even surer of God's existence than the existence of his own body. The closer we approach the end of the book, Descartes, ends up "proving" the reality and existence or many material things and other metaphysical beliefs. These numerous proofs watered down his, once, stringent method of doubt. Nevertheless, this was a captivating read for me and I was completely absorbed by, Descartes, thoughts and contemplations. They had a strong impression on me and left me pondering his ideas after my daily dose of reading. I even felt the next day an anticipation to continue with the following meditation (chapter). Perhaps, one way of judging the quality of a book is the feeling it gives you while you're not reading it. (4.5/5) |
| Review # 2 was written on 2013-06-07 00:00:00 Marc Brenneman Meditationes de prima philosophia = Meditations on First Philosophy, René Descartes Meditations on First Philosophy is a philosophical treatise written by René Descartes first published in Latin in 1641. The book is made up of six meditations, in which Descartes first discards all belief in things which are not absolutely certain, and then tries to establish what can be known for sure. The meditations were written as if he was meditating for 6 days: each meditation refers to the last one as "yesterday". However, Descartes did not take 6 days to complete this work; it actually took several years. تاریخ نخستین خوانش: سال 1982 میلادی عنوان: تاملات در فلسفه اول‍ی؛ نویسنده: رن‍ه دکارت؛ مترجم: اح‍م‍د اح‍م‍دی؛ ت‍ه‍ران: م‍رک‍ز ن‍ش‍ر دان‍ش‍گ‍اه‍ی، 1361؛ 138 ص؛ چاپ دوم 1369؛ در 102 ص؛ چاپ دیگر: ت‍ه‍ران: سازمان م‍طال‍ع‍ه و ت‍دوی‍ن ک‍ت‍ب ع‍ل‍وم ان‍س‍ان‍ی دان‍ش‍گ‍اه‍ه‍ا (سمت)، چاپ سوم 1381؛ در 112 ص؛ چاپ چهارم 1384؛ چاپ ششم 1385 ؛ چاپ هفتم 1387؛ چاپ دوازدهم 1394؛ چاپ سیزدهم 1395؛ شابک: 9789644596537؛ موضوع: فلسفه ی دکارت - سده 17 م در اين کتاب عناوين زير مورد خوانش قرار خواهند گرفت: «اجمالی از زندگی دکارت»، «عصر دکارت»، «موقعیت فلسفه دکارت»، «رساله تاملات خلاصه تاملات ششگانه». مترجم کتاب: (حجت الاسلام و مدیر سازمان سمت و عضو شورای عالی انقلاب فرهنگی و نماینده مجلس در دوره هفتم). ا. شربیانی |
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