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Meditations on First Philosophy

René Descartes · 1641 · translated by John Veitch

Six days of demolishing everything you believe to find one thing that survives doubt. It does: I think, therefore I am.

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Lessons cite it by Meditation number — for example II. Those numbers appear in the margin as you read, so a citation and the page agree.

Contents

Meditation I

  1. Meditation I 1,675 words
  2. Meditation I 506 words

Meditation II

  1. Meditation II 1,786 words
  2. Meditation II 1,505 words
  3. Meditation II 671 words

Meditation III

  1. Meditation III 1,552 words
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Meditation IV

  1. Meditation IV 2,013 words
  2. Meditation IV 1,625 words

Meditation V

  1. Meditation V 1,785 words
  2. Meditation V 961 words

Meditation VI

  1. Meditation VI 1,680 words
  2. Meditation VI 1,510 words
  3. Meditation VI 1,641 words
  4. Meditation VI 1,851 words

Source

Text from Wikisource , translated by John Veitch. Licence: Public domain (terms).