num_pages: 428
description: This edition features reliable, accessible translations; useful editorial materials; and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, accompanied by Descartes' replies, in their entirety. The letter serving as a reply to Gassendi--in which several of Descartes' associates present Gassendi's best arguments and Descartes' replies--conveys the highlights and important issues of their notoriously extended exchange. Roger Ariew's illuminating Introduction discusses the Meditations and the intellectual environment surrounding its reception.
language: English
title: The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Volume II
titlecomplete: The Philosophical Writings of Descartes, Volume II
genres: Classics, France, Philosophy, Science, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 164
publisher: Cambridge University Press