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Dedicatory letter to the Sorbonne
Preface to the reader
Synopsis of the following six Meditations
Meditations on First Philosophy
First Meditation:What can be called into doubt
Second Meditation:The nature of the human mind,and how it is
better known than the body
Third Meditation:The existence of God
Fourth Meditation:Truth and falsity
Fifth Meditation:The essence of material things,and the existence of
God considered a second time
Sixth Meditation:The existence of material things,and the real
distinction between mind and body
Objections and Replies [Selections]
On Meditation One
The rejection of previous beliefs
The reliability of the senses
The dreaming argument
Certainty in dreams
On Meditation Two
Cogito ergo sum ('I am thinking,therefore I exist')
Sum res cogitans (Tam a thinking thing')
The nature of thought
The piece of wax
On Meditation Three
Innate ideas
The idea of God
Objective reality
God,author of my existence
On Meditation Four
The cause of error
The indifference of the will
On Meditation Five
Whether God's essence implies his existence
Clear and distinct perception and the 'Cartesian Circle'
On Meditation Six
The real distinction between mind and body
術語彙編與簡釋
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