Descartes’s Meditations on First Philosophy

Table of Contents

Dedicatory Letter
To the Sorbonne
Preface
To the reader
Synopsis
Of the six Meditations
First Meditation
What can be called into doubt
Second Meditation
The nature of the human mind
Third Meditation
The existence of God
Fourth Meditation
Truth and falsity
Fifth Meditation
The essence of material things
Sixth Meditation
The real distinction between mind and body

Dedicatory

[Epistola dedicatoria]
SAPIENTISSIMIS
Clarissimisque viris
SACRAE FACULTATIS
Theologiae Parisiensis Decano
et Doctoribus
RENATUS DES CARTES, S. D.

[Epistre]
A
MESSIEURS
LES DOYEN ET DOCTEURS
DE LA SACRÉE FACULTÉ DE
Theologie de Paris

[Dedicatory letter to the Sorbonne]
To those most learned and distinguished men, the Dean and Doctors of the sacred Faculty of Theology at Paris, from René Descartes.


Preface

PRAEFATIO ad Lectorem.

PREFACE
DE
MONSIEUR DES-CARTES.

Preface to the reader


Synopsis

Synopsis
sex sequentium Meditationum.

Abrégé
des six Méditations suivante.

Synopsis of the following six Meditations


First Meditation

Meditatio Prima
De iis quae in dubium revocari possunt.

Première Méditation
Des choses que l’on peut révoquer en doute.

First Meditation
What can be called into doubt


Second Meditation

Meditatio Secunda
De natura mentis humanae: quod ipsa sit notior quàm corpus.

Méditation Seconde
De la nature de l’esprit humain; et qu’il est plus aisé à connaître que le corps.

Second Meditation
The nature of the human mind, and how it is better known than the body


Third Meditation

Meditatio Tertia
De Deo, quod existat.

Méditation Troisième
De Dieu; qu’il existe.

Third Meditation
The existence of God


Fourth Meditation

Meditatio Quarta
De vero & falso.

Méditation Quatrième
Du vrai et du faux.

Fourth Meditation
Truth and falsity


Fifth Meditation

Meditatio Quinta
De essentiâ rerum materialium; & iterum de Deo, quòd existat.

Méditation Cinquième
De l’essence des choses matérielles;
et, derechef de Dieu, qu’il existe.

Fifth Meditation
The essence of material things, and the existence of God considered a second time


Sixth Meditation

Meditatio Sexta
De rerum materialium existentiâ, & reali mentis a corpore distinctione.

Méditation Sixième
De l’existence des choses matérielles, et de la réelle distinction entre l’âme et le corps de l’homme.

Sixth Meditation
The existence of material things, and the real distinction between mind and body