Meditations and Other Metaphysical Writings

Meditations on First Philosophy by René Descartes explores fundamental questions about existence, knowledge, and certainty.

Descartes employs radical doubt to question all beliefs, seeking an unshakable foundation for knowledge.

The famous "cogito, ergo sum" argument establishes his existence as a thinking being.

He presents arguments for God's existence, emphasizing the clarity and distinctness of ideas as a criterion for truth.

Descartes also addresses the mind-body problem, exploring the relationship between the immaterial mind and the physical body, shaping modern philosophy.