Six Metaphysical Meditations: Wherein It Is Proved That There Is A God And That Mans Mind Is Really Distinct From His Body

Completer and Unabridged. The Meditations' were written first in Latin, and published in 1641; and six years afterwards, they appeared in a French translation by Le Duc de Luynes. The Principia' was published in Latin, in 1644. It contains, perhaps, the final statement of all his opinions on metaphysical and physical subjects. Through the whole of this period he remained in perfect secrecy. Père Mersenne, through whom his 'Meditations' were given to the world, and who became the channel of ...