Publisher's Synopsis
Together with the famous "Discourse on Method", the "Metaphysical Meditations" (1641) are the most important work of René Descartes (1596-1650). In a time of skepticism and dead certainties originated in the wake of the religious conflict of the Reformation and the Counter-Reformation, the French philosopher undertook the titanic task of recovering the lost philosophical security, namely, the possibility of rationally demonstrating the existence of God, of the soul. and the world. For such a company, he decided to cut ties with the world and undertake the project that is the object of this work, an authentic intellectual exploration in search of the truth. In this intimate journey of thought, Descartes found the desired certainties, but his way of doing it brought with it unusual consequences that would forever change philosophy and science and make him the undisputed father of modern philosophy.
