Home > Descartes Meditation A masterpiece created in 1641 by
philosopher and scholar Rene Descartes, Descartes Meditation is
a philosophical piece or treatise which expounds Descartes’
opinions and thoughts on meta-physical system and philosophy.
Owing to its popularity and in-depth philosophical analysis,
Descartes Meditation, written in Latin originally, was
translated into French in 1647 and consequently, into English.
Composed of six parts otherwise called ‘meditations’, Descartes
Meditation describes in detail the philosophical thoughts and
principles of Rene Descartes. In the first piece of Descartes
Meditation, Descartes attempts to reanalyse the beliefs he has
held since his childhood in order to establish truth in science.
He forms a sceptical belief or hypotheses about everything in
the physical world and decides to suspend his theory or
judgement on his previously held beliefs. In the second part of
Descartes Meditation, which expounds Descartes theory on the
‘nature of human mind’, Descartes quest