Meditations on First Philosophy
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Meditations on First Philosophy

Descartes Most Famous Philosophical Classic

Updated Nov 16, 2020

Meditations on First Philosophy (1641) is one of Descartes’s most influential works, known as the source of the classic quote: “I think, therefore I am” or “cogito ergo sum.” These blinks capture Descartes’ thoughts on how we know what we know, and his attempts to prove God’s existence along the way.