Video series on Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy

Descartes’ Meditations on First Philosophy is perhaps one of the most important philosophical works in the Western philosophical canon. Therein, Descartes aims to throw into doubt everything he thought he ever knew before then rebuilding his entire edifice of knowledge from the ground up. In so doing, he arrives at what he takes to be indubitable proofs for the existence of God and for the distinction between the soul (or mind) and body. I’ll link to each of the videos in the series below rather than announce each new video in the series in a new post.

You can read along with the version of the Meditations I have prepared here.

Part 1: Front Matter

Part 2: Meditation 1

Part 3: Meditation 2

Part 4: Meditation 3

Part 5: Meditation 4

Part 6: Meditation 5

Part 7: Meditation 6