Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie by René Descartes

Read now or download (free!)

Choose how to read this book Url Size
Read online (web) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27532.html.images 254 kB
EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27532.epub3.images 169 kB
EPUB (older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27532.epub.images 170 kB
EPUB (no images, older E-readers) https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27532.epub.noimages 150 kB
Kindle https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27532.kf8.images 360 kB
older Kindles https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27532.kindle.images 321 kB
Plain Text UTF-8 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/27532.txt.utf-8 221 kB
Download HTML (zip) https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/27532/pg27532-h.zip 162 kB
There may be more files related to this item.

About this eBook

Author Descartes, René, 1596-1650
Translator Fischer, Ludwig
Title Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie
Credits Produced by Norbert H. Langkau, Alexander Bauer and the
Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary "Betrachtungen über die Grundlagen der Philosophie" by René Descartes is a philosophical treatise written in the 17th century. The work explores foundational questions about existence, knowledge, and the nature of reality, focusing on the role of doubt and reason in achieving certainty. It lays the groundwork for modern philosophy and seeks to establish a systematic approach to understanding the world. The opening portion of the text introduces Descartes' method of radical doubt, where he questions everything he previously believed to be true, particularly the reliability of the senses. He contemplates the existence of a deceptive demon that could manipulate his perceptions, ultimately leading him to conclude that the only indubitable truth is his own existence—encapsulated in the famous phrase "Cogito, ergo sum" ("I think, therefore I am"). This section sets the stage for his exploration of the nature of the mind, the relationship between the mind and body, and the existence of God, establishing the philosophical framework that the rest of the treatise will build upon. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Language German
LoC Class B: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion
Subject Philosophy
Category Text
EBook-No. 27532
Release Date
Copyright Status Public domain in the USA.
Downloads 200 downloads in the last 30 days.
Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!