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Libra Esoterica

Meditationes de prima philosophia

in which the existence of God and the distinction of the human soul from the body are demonstrated

Also known as Meditations Metaphysiques

by René Descartes

  • First published:
  • 17th century
  • Languages: Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Latin, Multiple languages

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I have a very good reason for offering this book to you, and I am confident that you will have an equally good reason for giving it your protection once you understand the principle behind my undertaking; so much so, that my best way of commending it to you will be to tell you briefly of the goal which I shall be aiming at in the book.

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics.

  • Consciousness, mysticism, and metaphysics

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary and openlibrary-historical matched “Metaphysics”. Retained metadata contains “Metaphysics” in the subject metadata.

    • “Metaphysics”· via Open Library
    • “Metaphysics”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 60 editions; 2 cataloged here.

Meditations on first philosophy

1992University of Notre Dame PressEnglish
  • 9780268013974
  • 0268013977
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Med́itations met́aphysiques

1979Garnier-FlammarionEnglish
  • 9782080703286
  • 2080703285
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  • Open Library reports 60 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Open Library reports 9 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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